13/11/2025
The power of connection and being kind. This happened to me yesterday.
Hattie and I have been metal detecting the beach where she lives. Now maybe.. not confirming.. sometimes I get up there early before school and bury a few treasures to keep it interesting. This evening we were not alone as we usually are .. we saw this young boy about 9 metal detecting too but all on his own. I guessed that was his mum up on the shingle bank in her car. As I watched him with Hats finding all sorts and he kept looking over at our success. I shouted to him ‘have you had any luck’ and he said no. Then I noticed he didn’t really have any gear including (geeky bit) a pinpointer that you use once you’ve found something to home in with. It’s really hard to find something without one. I had a spare in the van and asked hats if we should gift him one and she agreed. So she ran off and brought one back, showing him how to use it and he was so thrilled the little lad I could have cried. With light fading, we got in the van and played our board games. About half an hour later there was a knock on the door and it was the boy with his mum. He had just found a ring and wanted to gift us it for being kind to him. We tried our best to say no but he and his mum was adamant, and with much happiness we accepted the ring that I had buried last week but couldn’t remember where I’d buried it. Hats ( who doesn’t know the last part of this story ) said that it was all like a book what just happened. Extremely happy day. Be kind today.. like a buried treasure it will come back to you. 😊🙏🏻❤️
