The truth was that when Tyler asked her the riddle that morning, Stella was instantly transported back to being a little girl on her grandmother’s lap.
Her grandmother would ask her riddles all the time and give her a 50-cent-coin every time she got one right.
The riddle that Tyler had asked her that morning was the same one her grandmother had taught Stella shortly before she breathed her last. Stella still had that last 50-cent-coin in her pocket.
What can we learn from this story?
- Do every good you can do, no matter how little it may seem. Tyler was a nine-year-old child with only a few dollars saved up in his piggy bank. That did not stop him from trying to help his grandmother get better.
- The kindness you give will always come back to you in some form. Tyler’s act of kindness towards his grandmother did not go unnoticed, and soon came back as an unexpected blessing for him and his family.
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