Experiment Day 25, 26, and 27: Helping Others (Family and Neighbors)

Up until now in my project experiment I have mainly been helping strangers or people who I don't know very well.  I feel like now it has been time for me to give back to my family and to help them and I was able to make three days out of my thirty days and devote them to only helping my family members and the ones I love.  I feel like I wouldn't be where I am at now without my family and without the ones that I love.  They have helped me to become the person that I am today and they are there for me when I need them and I want to be there for them as well.  I decided though to surprise them and to do good deeds for them that I normally don't do.

On Saturday, February 25, 2012 I was able to help my parents out.  I helped them with taking out trash and cleaning up the house.  I surprised them when they got home by having everything clean and tidy and they were very shocked and I could tell that they were very thankful for the help that I surprised them with.  I then was able to help out my sister by helping her with her homework and then just spending quality time with her.  I feel like I don't get to spend much time with her because we are both always busy and I hate that I don't get to just hang with my sister as  much as I would like to.  So we went shopping and out to eat and we had such a great time and I could tell by the smile on her face that it was exactly what she wanted and she kept telling me thank you all day.

On Sunday, February 26, 2012 I turned to my grandparents and I knew that they would be very excited to see me and that I could do some great deeds for them.  I first started off by going to church and this made my Grandma very happy and she loved it and I knew that it made her day.  I also then was able to help my Mamaw and Papaw with clearing out some of their woods and slicing wood to also stack and that way they would have some burning wood for their fire place.  I also just spent some time with them because I know that they love their grandchildren and that since we are all teenagers now and getting older they don't get to see us as much as they would like and that me just spending quality time with them meant the world to them.

On Monday, February 27, 2012 I wanted to help out my neighbors because I consider them family to me because they have been in my life for over 3/4 of it and I love them and would do anything for them.  I have many elderly neighbors and I know just visiting them and showing them that I care and that I will take the time out to visit them and speak with them means a lot to them and shows them that they are important and mean something to me.  I also helped them with their trash and moving the heavy cans for them.  I feel like it was a very small deed, but I know that they will remember it and know that I took the time out to care for them and to help them even when they didn't ask for the help.