As much as we love our kids, it can be easy to underestimate the sometimes.
As we get caught up in the business of parenting, it can be surprising sometimes to realize just how resilient and capable they are.
Kids can be compassionate, too.
What do you get when you combine resilience and capability with compassion? Some truly inspirational stories.
A group of Georgia elementary school students proved just how big-hearted and amazing children can be.
So, what did they do? They actually worked together to build a tiny house for a veteran and his wife.
But their kindness didn’t stop there.
Navy veteran Eddie Browning and his wife Cindy Browning had been praying for a new roof over their head.
They were living in a camper that was in disrepair and had been damaged by a fire. They found themselves freezing during the cold weather.
“I don’t have the words to tell you what we feel,” a tearful Eddie Browning, 61, told Fox 5 Atlanta.
Students from Elm Street Elementary in Rome, GA and volunteers had constructed a tiny house for the couple and presented it to them at the Georgia Tiny House Festival in Eatonton at the Ooh La La Lavender Farm.
It was an emotional surprise.
The Brownings were overwhelmed with joy.
Not only to be presented with a new home but they were also shocked to hear that the effort came on behalf of school children.
“I couldn’t believe it,” said Cindy Browning, 59. “It’s a dream.”
The students had started their tiny house project but were unable to present the Brownings with the home because there was a problem.
They needed a legal place to park.
Luckily, organizers with the Georgia Tiny House Festival and Ooh La La Lavender Farms heard about their problem and allowed them to store it on the farm.
The generosity continued to flow.
They also helped them to add electricity, plumbing, and a larger extension to the house.
So, what started as a really tiny home for the veteran and his wife, grew even bigger.
Donors, volunteers, and corporate sponsors also pitched in to fill the house with amenities and make the tiny house legally habitable for the Brownings.
“[This] will be warm,” Eddie Browning told Fox 5 Atlanta. “We’ve been freezing to death.”
In the video, the kids are excited to give a tour of the 248-square-foot home. As one student points out:
“We just made a little tiny house, but now it turned into a huge house.”
It has everything they need.
The residence has a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and appliances like a washer, dryer, refrigerator, and stove.
Because of the new addition, the kids’ original tiny home was able to become a second bedroom for the couple.
After the festival, the tiny house will be brought back to the Brownings property in Norwood.
Success leads to new traditions.
The project was so successful that Elm Street Elementary School will build a new house each year for a family in need.
They even have a motto for their endeavor, “tiny house, big dreams.”
Doing something selfless to help another doesn’t have a requirement when it comes to age. Only their willingness and ability.
These children have shown us all how a small act by small hands can make an enormous impact. We tip our hats to them and hope to learn from them.
See these children present the Brownings with their new home built with love below!
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