Random acts of kindness are nice. The movie, Pay It Forward, was about that. But specific intentional acts of kindness are even better.

Last night about 2am my youngest son, Benjamin, began throwing up on his bunk bed. This awoke his big brother, Samuel. Samuel got out of bed and started taking care of him. He put Benjamin on the couch with several towels around him, found a container and a small trash can and set it near him and put a blanket on him. He did all he could possibly do to help his sick little brother. Then he cleaned his bed and took the bed coverings and blankets and put them by the washer. I know I just described an icky situation but I had to tell all that he did because I am proud of him.

When a second round of dry heaves began Danny and I awoke. We went in the living room to see what was going on and my 12 year old son was at one end of the couch watching his little brother.

Getting sick is going to happen if you have children. I'm glad Samuel was there to quickly help out his brother. He took care of everything himself and didn't even wake us. Good job, Samuel! I'm glad you're my son.