I was decluttering.
Instead, I made a sister.
Now, Reina and Maïra call each other “cousins,” and we’re planning a weekend trip with both girls to the coast—cheap Airbnb, home-cooked meals, no Wi-Fi.
There’s a phrase I think about a lot now: “You never know the weight of what you give.”
Sometimes, it’s more than the thing itself. Sometimes, it’s a message: “You’re not invisible.”
So if you’re ever tempted to ignore a cry for help—whether it’s a stranger online or someone sitting quietly at the back of the room—remember this:
A small kindness isn’t small if it lands in the right hands.
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