Twelve years ago, a stranger’s choice to pay for three kids’ haircuts unknowingly sparked over a decade of generous holiday acts of kindness from a New Hampshire family.
Money was tight, said mother-of-three Krista Butts, now a middle school academic interventionist who was then out of work.
“We were depending on our church for help with Christmas presents, and we got food baskets from them,” Butts told USA TODAY.
Her husband of 25 years, University of New Hampshire Sgt. Jeff Butts, logged around 80 hours a week with the Exeter Police Department to provide for their young sons – Ryan, now 13; Kyle, 17; and Tyler, 19.
Krista Butts said she had saved enough money to freshen up her children’s looks, and was overcome with emotion after learning her boys’ Great Clips haircuts were prepaid in full.
“I could have kept the money, and I should have probably kept the money,” Butts said. But she didn’t.
That December, the unknown man’s acts inspired the mom and her sons to perform their own kind acts that day and every holiday season moving forward.
Story Credit: usatoday.com
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