What have you done?

[TWR]

Try and think what you have done to help someone in their life, try to give a positive answer please.

[tenrec]

I adopted my sister's three young children when her and her husband died. They are grown up now.

[B00]

sadly, not a lot.

Mr Boo however did give his mate a car when they were desperate and needed one to get to work, granted it was a banger, but still...

[missprim]

tenrec that is so sweet, how kind you are.

[EcclesCake]

I don't think many will be able to match such a generous and selfless act tenrec.

A wonderful thing to do, such a shame it was necessary.

[EvianBaby]

Most people will have an endless list of small things they've done that have helped someone.

[tenrec]

Please, I'm no saint. You don't know what you would do until you are in a particular circumstance. Looking back it was extremely hard, but at the time we just got on with it!

[maggiebee]

I allowed my son to marry his wife, who I detested. He probably would have done it anyway lol.

[Traci66]

What a completely selfless thing to to tenrec.

[Mosaic]

I was on a team of three - two 20-year-olds and lil ol' me. We were all on temp contracts. On a Friday, the boss called us in and said that there were two jobs for the next year and interviews would be on Monday. I stopped the meeting and resigned. So the kids had jobs and the boss was pranged in the their Alan Sugar impression.

[TWR]

Tenrec, For you, ********************************************* Quality.

[ummmm]

Most of ours revolve around money.

[EcclesCake]

Tenrec, you might not be a saint but off the top of my head I have a vague recollection of giving someone my last rolo......the two acts really don't compare.

I'm off to plunge the depths to determine what I have done to help others....I might be sometime.....

[tenrec]

TWR that is so sweet. Thank you.
The kids have repaid me in so much kindness over the years it has made all the heartaches worthwhile.

[tenrec]

Eccles, I wouldn't give anyone my last rolo, or my first for that matter!!

[DTCwordfan]

for some of us on here, it is ongoing, for others they have done. If you have ever been a carer for a family member with a degenerative disease, then you know. The relentless continuity of it, the support required, the snatched moments of one's own time and rest, time to refresh and perhaps laugh. This as the loved one slides that little further into the abyss, eventually known as death.

We don't tend to talk about it that much though, TWR, just get on with it.

[lcg]

i care for my husband who has mental health problems. i work, look after him and our son, do everything else, appointments etc. and never complain - it just has to be done. he is now doing really well and returned to university after a five year period where he was unable to work or study. i understand that someone has to do the difficult stuff in order for my house to be settled, happy and cosy/comfortable. i also work as a mental health nurse, lecturer and trainer...and provide support for trainee nurses with academic study and life balance in my spare time from work. i am busy, but hate sitting still and love teaching others about putting patients first and promoting recovery above all else. i go to bed with a smile on my face, everything aching and don't think about my own physical and mental health problems in comparison. life is good (mostly)! x

[jno]

this doesn't involve me but in my last job an embarrassing (though not terribly major) mistake was made and it got on the telly. The boss was furious and called in three of the people whose job it had been to spot the error, gave them a rollocking, and told the senior one he was getting a formal warning. The other two immediately stood up and said "If he's getting a warning, we want one too!" Nice Spartacus spirit there, I thought.

[Eve]

Nothing huge in impact but I've tried to do a lot of charity and voluntary work over the years so lots of little things to help lots of different people I'd hope.

[China Doll]

Probably many people do good things without even thinking about it. I tend to believe that the majority of people are decent.

[tenrec]

Agree with China.