This Small Act of Kindness Saved a Little Girl’s Christmas

This Small Act of Kindness Saved a Little Girl’s Christmas

It was 1 a.m. on Christmas morning, but for Marisa Shumaker, it was still Christmas Eve. Like so many other parents, she had holiday magic to make.For weeks, her 4-year-old daughter, Aubree, had been asking for one thing only for Christmas: a “real piano keyboard,” not just some dinky one made for little kids. Now that Aubree was asleep, Shumaker pulled the box from its hiding spot in their home in Bel Air, Maryland, ready to unveil the 61-key k…

How Small Acts of Kindness Saved a Life And Changed a Family

“Sometimes just showing up is all you need to do.”