Personal Narrative: The Alberta Family

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If someone today left 40 dollars at a store you were shopping at won't you feel like that is really generous? Well leaving 40 dollars at stores is a job from an Alberta family. The alberta family wanted to remember their grandmother with random acts of kindness. The alberta family called this “spoil your loved ones.” One day Robin Folkins and his 11 year old daughter Rory we're heading home to provost from vermillion they decided to pop into the walmart in wainwright because Rory had some leftover christmas money and she wanted to pick out a new toy. When they got into the toy aisle Rory noticed an envelope with big letters saying “PLEASE TAKE ME.” So Rory took the envelope back to her dad. Inside the envelope he found a card with a woman's

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