{"id":1010,"date":"2026-02-24T00:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:55:01","slug":"tonight-at-target-my-heart-felt-like-it-might-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/tonight-at-target-my-heart-felt-like-it-might-burst\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight at Target, my heart felt like it might burst."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tonight at Target, my heart felt like it might burst. We were in the toy section while my daughter Kinley walked around excitedly, looking at dolls and making her birthday wish list. She kept pointing and saying \u201cooh\u201d and \u201cahh,\u201d completely amazed by everything she saw.<\/p>\n

A young couple nearby noticed her excitement. The man smiled and asked which doll she liked the most. Kinley showed him and said, \u201cYeah\u2026 and I really lub this one.\u201d They laughed, and he gently told her to stay in the aisle before walking away with the doll. At first I thought it was a little strange, but Kinley quickly got distracted by other toys.<\/p>\n

After a moment she asked where her doll went. I told her not to worry because there were plenty more. A few minutes later, the man returned.<\/p>\n

He handed Kinley a bag with the doll inside and the receipt. Then he smiled and said, \u201cHappy birthday. Enjoy your dolly.\u201d I was speechless. Moments like this remind me to never lose faith in people. Kindness still exists, and generosity can appear when you least expect it.<\/p>\n

To the young man who did this, wherever you are, I hope you see this someday. More importantly, I hope you know what a truly good person you are – Megan Shufflebarger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tonight at Target, my heart felt like it might burst. We were in the toy section while my daughter Kinley walked around excitedly, looking at dolls and making her birthday wish list. She kept pointing and saying \u201cooh\u201d and \u201cahh,\u201d completely amazed by everything she saw. A young couple nearby noticed her excitement. The man […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}