Kilend's Heart

Kilend’s Heart

Caring for One Another

Kilend was a little boy who lives with his mother Lauren and little brother DJ who has Autism. He was playing outside one day with DJ when they decided to go into the wood behind their house. They were looking at the trees and bugs on the ground. They went a little furter into the woods then they should, but they were having fun. The came upon a creek and started to toss rocks across the creek. His little brother DJ was so excited because he was with his big brother. They played in the woods by the creek and tried to climb the trees around them. Kilend heard a noise, so he told DJ to be quiet so they could hear the noise more clearly. The became very quiet then the sound came again. It was their mother Lauren calling them. Kilend thought, she must be worried, so he told DJ we have to go home now, Mom is calling us. They started to walk toward home when Kilend saw something on the ground. DJ said Kilend what is it you found. Kilend picked up the object. It was a rusty metal box. Kilend opened it and there was a lot of money in the box. The boys were amazed and ran home to their mother.

When they saw their mother, they yelled that they had found the box. They all went inside the house and after their mother talked to them about going in the woods. Kilend said Mom we found this box in the woods and it has a lot of money inside. Lauren opened the box, and she was amazed too, so she told the boys she needed to think about what they should do, because the money could be long to someone else and they may need to return it to the owner. Kilend and DJ’s faces looked disappointed. Lauren reported the money that was found to the police and the police determined that there was not an owner for money and returned the money to them.

While they were waiting for the police to let them know about the money, Lauren asked Kilend what he wanted to do with the money. Kilend thought long and hard about it. He thought of the video games he wanted and what his DJ might want. Then he remembered going with his Yaya to a neighborhood where there were several children living in one house and they seemed to be very poor. On the way to the house where these children lived Kilend saw people who looked like they did not have a home and he had never seen these things before, so he decided that he wanted to help poor children and their families and people who do not have homes.

Kilend told his mother that he wanted to help children who did not have enough to eat and homeless people, so Lauren set up contacts for different charities who help children and homeless people around the world, and they gave to these organizations. Kilend wanted to do something special for the families in the town where they live. They decided to have a party with games and food for the community they lived in and every family who registered as coming to the party received a gift card. Lauren was pleased with her son, so she made sure he received the video games and the toys DJ wanted.

When they returned home from the party, Kilend ask his mother, if he had done a good thing. She told him yes, they had done a wonderful thing. Lauren smiled and told Kilend she was thankful God had blessed her with a son who has a caring heart.

The End.

By Michele Austin