Joey's mitzvah

Yes, personally I feel kindness is everywhere:  we just have to be primed to recognize (and to create) it.

This first blog entry is inspired by the little girl down the block.  Her name is Joey.  She's about five years old.  She's a rockstar & I adore her.  Yesterday I was walking to my car and saw Joey, her little sister and her mother as they where walking down the block.  We chatted for a bit and then I asked Joey, "So what have you been up to?"  Her mom suggested, "Why don't you tell Emma what we just did."

"We just did a mitzvah!" Joey told me.

"What's a mitzvah?" I had to ask.

"It's something nice."  Joey said.

Her mother further explained that they had made challah (passover bread) and decided to bring some of it to a widower up the street who doesn't get out very much.  (They also gave some to the neighbor a few doors down who lent them an egg for the recipe.)

Well, that is definitely something nice.  Definitely a deliberate act of kindness.  Joey, her sister, and her mother are all caught red-handed in the kindness cookie jar!