A Gift Repaid: The Strength of Kindness

A month later, I found an envelope with my name on it.
Inside was a note: “Your kindness helped me stand. Now it’s my turn.”

Tucked beside it was a café gift card and another message:
“Kindness travels. Sometimes it just takes the long way home.”

I slipped the hairpin back into my pocket—not as a good luck charm, but as a reminder that even the smallest act of compassion can reach farther than we ever imagine.

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