A Note From The Heart

8/26/2014

Some days I'm in awe of how great God is to me. I go to the Walmart in Bonham and I walked in from tears rolling down my face from a song that reminded how much I lost when Ashleigh died. I was literally wiping away tears and asking God as I walked in, "what is this all for? Am I even really helping others?" Then after shopping I walked out to my car and find this little pink post it note. Somehow always when I feel I have lost direction God steers me back. The lady left the note because she saw my car magnets that have Ashleigh's pretty little face that say stop Domestic Violence. Whoever this was didn't leave their name but today they were a great blessing. Thank you whoever you are and I praise God that you got out safe.
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So I'm personally challenging myself to during this next month return this kindness to someone else and I challenge everyone who reads this to do the same. Post a Note of Kindness Today!

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Operation: Share Ashleigh's Heart

Began when Ashleigh Lindsey’s mom was struggling with the most negative experience any mother could have…the murder of a child and unborn grandchild. March 21st was Tara Woodlee’s birthday but instead of a day full of celebration it became a day full of tears and sadness. On March 21st, 2012 was the day Ashleigh called her Mom crying from a bathroom. She had been burnt in the face with a cigarette by her then finance, Joshua Mahaffey. It was the day Ashleigh’s nightmare of physical abuse began at the hands of the man she loved. What was worse for Tara was that Joshua’s birthday was the same day as Tara’s. How do you share a birthday with the murderer of your child?

In March of 2014, Tara decided that she wanted to turn that Negative into a Positive! She thought of Ashleigh and how full of life and generosity. If anything could overcome evil it was Ashleigh’s heart. She was big on random acts of kindness every day. She didn’t have to think twice about doing them it was just in her nature. So, Tara made a list of the top 20 things she saw her daughter do in kindness and created an event on Facebook. She asked friends and family to join in and Operation: Share Ashleigh’s Heart began. On March 21st, 2014 over 450 people made a commitment to do one act of random kindness in honor of Ashleigh Marie Lindsey. The response was overwhelming.

Since….Operation: Share Ashleigh’s heart did so much to heal Tara’s heart since she pledge to do all 20 acts of kindness on the list with in a weeks’ time…She thought….why not make this a yearly event. Better yet, why not make this a blog where ideas can be shared on how to change one person’s day with a single unselfish act. And Ashleigh’s Heart Lives On!!!!!!

A Note From The Heart

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