My ROAK Birthday- Part 1

So... my birthday is this Saturday! I will be 25 years old. AND this is my GOLDEN BIRTHDAY- meaning that my birthday is the 25th and I am turning 25... same number. Get it?

I have been racking my brain for what I want to do on this day. I used to have parties, but we have had so many lately that I feel partied-out. I have been on vacation a few times over my birthday, and that is exciting but not manageable this year. I also can’t buy extravagant gifts, because the finances change a little when you choose to stay home with the baby! And last year was a total bust because I was 6 months pregnant and my husband broke his nose 5 days earlier. We spent the 25th at the doctor’s office TWICE to get it corrected and with him on Vicodin... and he is NOT a nice person on pain meds (sorry babe- but it’s true). We ended up just eating pizza and watching a movie.

SO after scouring the internet, talking with my husband, and not really finding many gifts that I wanted or needed, I came up with this plan...

I will be performing 25 Random Acts of Kindness (RAOKs) on my birthday, in honor of my birthday!

I will only share a few of my ideas so far, so that you can read through my future post of what I actually do! Here are a few...

- Deliver cookies to my neighbors (I have never met them!)

- Compliment a stranger

- Pay for the person in line behind me at Starbucks

- Donate clothing

- Take flowers to a loved one

- Give money/food to a homeless person

This is just a little sneak peek of some ideas! I do have a list of things that I would like to accomplish (because I'm a list-maker), but I am praying that God creates some opportunities to do something actually random- like help someone load groceries in their car or buy lemonade from a children’s stand.

So I ask you- on Saturday, May 25th, 2013, will you perform a random act of kindness in honor of my birthday? How awesome would it be to have a day FULL of them!? If you do this, please send me a text, message, comment on my facebook or my blog and tell me WHAT YOU DID!

Let’s make a difference this weekend- even the smallest acts can make a big impact.

And look for my blogpost on WHAT I DID after the weekend!