Caring child

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  1. Polly

    Polly Thumb Gardener

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    Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a
    contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

    The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the
    little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the
    little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry"
     
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww bless!!! :D
     
  4. reggaefan

    reggaefan Official Poet Laureate

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    We all need little help sometime.
     
  5. cajunbelle

    cajunbelle Daylily Diva

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    That is the most heart warming thing I have ever heard. The wisdom of a child, it never ceases to amaze me.
     



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  6. Marlene

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    Sometimes that's all you can do and all that is needed. Sweet story.
     
  7. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Children always figures out how to comfort someone at the right time.Really sweet story
     
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    Little hugs from a child means a lot. Wannabe
     

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