#RedBalloonsForRyan

Jacqui and her husband Dan are both grieving the loss of their son, Ryan. 

I do not personally know the Saldana family.

I do know the love you have for your child.

I cannot fathom the pain they're facing at this time.

Yesterday, my Instagram feed was flooded with beautiful images of sweet Ryan.

I was in awe of the love and support for this family.  To me, the outpouring of love was the Instagram/Blogging community wrapping their arms around this family and keeping Ryan's memory alive.

Jacqui's best friend, Alissa from Diary of an Addict has asked that we share pictures of Ryan on social media.

"Will you grab a picture from Jacqui’s Instagram feed, and post it to yours?
Will you share words of encouragement and tag #RedBalloonsforRyan?
Also be sure to tag Jacqui, @babyboybakery and Dan, @danno12"

Again, I'm in awe. Alissa's request has been shared and followed through countlessly.  Today… I'm asking you to share an act of kindness in honor of Ryan. 

Sorry, Not Sorry Social {BlogShare} #RAKweek

Welcome to the first ever Sorry, Not Sorry {BlogShare}.  

In honor of Random Acts of Kindness week,  we want everyone who links up to share the bloggy love ♥.  

Make someone's day and share their blog with us. 

This is a blog hop, so please make sure you hop around and share some comment love too!

Let whoever you link up, know email or tweet them:

Thanks for sharing the blog love with us!

Courtney 

What's Up With the Wilhelms 

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Do you want to keep the #RAK going? Here's a list of 10 Free Random Acts of Kindness you can do this week.

10 Free Random Acts of Kindness #RAKweek

This week is Random Acts of Kindness week, which means... go out there and be nice!  You don't have to spend money to share love and positivity.  

Here's a list of of things you can do this week, to spread kindness for free.

1. Open a door for a stranger. 

2. Smile.  
A smile can make a person's day plus it's contagious!

3. Give a random stranger a complement, of course, mean what you say. Isn't is nice to hear: I love your hair or that's a nice shirt?

4. Compliment a child's behavior.  
If you see a well behaved child, let their parents know-- it takes a village.  
If you give that compliment I'm sure not only will the child appreciate it, his or her parent will too.

5. Share your coupons.  
Many times we clip more than we need, why not share.  Leave coupons next to items you don't need or want.

6. This one I like to call the REDBOX SHARE ;) 
Do you have a free Redbox code?  Share that code with the person behind you. If nobody is behind you sticky notes work too.
These are some codes I've used in the past… I'm not 100% sure if they work or not, but it's worth a try:
BREAKROOM
DVDNIGHT
DVDONME
RENTONME

7. Let a person cut in front of you.  
If you are in the grocery line with 10,000 pounds of groceries in your cart, and the person behind you only has 5 things, let them cut ahead. {Truly this is just the right thing to do. IMO}

8. Share a bag.  
If you're anything like me… you may have a tinsy little problem with collecting reusable bags.. eh hem.  Well, if you have that addiction same affinity for reusable bags as I; why not share one with a stranger who's fumbling around with arms full of groceries trying to Rachel Ray it?

9. Donate.
Donate your old clothing, blankets, or furniture to shelter or non-profit in your area.

10. Say HELLO.
Super easy.  Go out there and say Hello to random strangers.  

BONUS: RandomActsofKindness.org is sharing downloadable bookmarks and cards for you to share.
Also, my super sweet friend with a humongous heart is also sharing a great list of RAK.

p.s. The Sorry, Not Sorry Social will be celebrating #RAKweek too.  Get ready for a blog share :)

Get your Popcorn>> a Random Act of Kindness.

I try to engage myself in humanity at every chance I'm given.  I honestly want my children to learn from the little things we do, that life isn't just our inner circle but those around us too.

 We live in a beautiful world, yes we do. 

Okay, I totally just jacked that from Coldplay.... but I agree we live in a beautiful world.... with lots of ugly.  However, we have the opportunity each day to share beauty and love.

Enter>> Pinterest, which in my opinion is filled with so much beauty, and allows me to hoard without the mess, I found a great idea to share kindness.  
Side note*I tweet about #RAK often, but I have been slacking lately!! 
Tuesday I tweeted:

Mrs_ AOK‏@Mrs_AOK

Good Tuesday morning! What are your plans? I'm thinking today is #RAK day, share your #RAK with me today. XOXO <3

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8:02 AM - 13 Aug 13

Then I went to my hoarding site for some ideas>>> and BOOM! I adored this idea of taping popcorn with notes on a Redbox kiosk.  Genius right!?!

Well, in my rush to get my kiddos in-on-some- #RAK-action I totally forgot to make little notes, which I suppose makes this even more random.  We got in the truck, went and bought popcorn, and took my daughter's cupcake duck tape :) I thankfully always carry a Sharpie, so I just wrote enjoy on the bags.

We drove around taping popcorn on various Redbox kiosks in our city.  The kids had plenty of fun, and loved watching peoples' faces when they saw the popcorn on the machines <3 I did too.