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Long road trips with kids can be hard. Our family practices acts of kindness along the way to break up the drive. For one act of kindness, my family wrote friendly messages on balloons that we intended to share with strangers. Courtesy of Elisa Johnston. We were somewhere between a dusty diner’s parking lot and an old ghost town when I started passing my bright list of ideas around the backseat. “Everyone choose something you want to do! Our first act of kindness is coming up!” I gleefully said. My family of five was on what we affectionately refer to as a “Kindness Quest.” It was our second such trip and my minivan made our mission loudly obvious. #KindnessQuest and slogans like “Kindness is Cool!” were scrawled across the windows with paint pens. Our rainbow mascot was perched in the front seat. The kids were now passing around a flamingo notepad and writing out what we called “encouragements.” We would leave notes with encouraging words such as, “Never forget how awesome you are!” or “In case no one told you recently, you’re important!” on a few cars and public boards while we explored. We were on a mission — and we’ve been on several since then. Road trips with kids can be hard I’d always loved road trips, but it wasn’t until a cross-country move that I realized how much I enjoyed unhurriedly exploring the United States
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