Dedicated to the people who make kindness ripple around their town.

We are all different. No two people look exactly the same. But why should people be mean to each other for that simple reason?

    Now, I speak of a certain man named Joseph who made a very big difference . . .

Sasha had two dads. One she called Daddy and one she called Papa. She loved her parents very much, and they were kind. Her friends were nice, and they protected her from people who thought Sasha was weird because she had two dads.

One day, there came a new girl named Lily. She seemed nice at first, but they found out her intentions were purely to make fun of Sasha. When Lily asked Sasha what her mom's job was, Sasha said, "I don't have a mom. I have two dads."

    Lily laughed in a mean way that nobody should. "You're not normal," she said, and that made Sasha really sad. That made Sasha's friends mad at Lily.

Sasha's friends told Mrs. Keene, their teacher, about what Lily did. Mrs. Keene told Lily that is was NOT a nice thing to do. At recess, Sasha found Lily crying.

    "Wait here," Sasha told her friends. She went over to Lily and said, "You dress like a six-year-old!"

    Sasha's friends, Lilah, Dylan, Charlie, and Natalie saw what Sasha was doing. "That's not right," Natalie said. "Lily made Sasha mean!"

When Sasha got home from school, her daddy, Joseph, knew something was wrong. "How was your day?" he asked.

    "Fine," said Sasha.

    "What happened?" said Joseph.

    Sasha sighed. "A mean new girl at school teased me because I had you and Papa. And I said she dressed like a six-year-old!"

    Papa said, "Be kind, Sasha." And suddenly, he had a great idea to make the town a kinder place!

The next day, Joseph woke up bright and early. He was craving something sweet, so he went to a local bakery placed his order: three cookies.