The Kindness Challenge

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Leah's family is reeling after losing her husband earlier in the year. Thanksgiving has passed and she is trying to find a way to bring him home for the holidays even if he can't actually be there.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As she plans for her family's beloved tradition of completing daily kindness challenges during the month of December she comes up with an idea that will ensure her husband is still part of the holiday celebration.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Twelve-year-old Lucy and nine-year-old Micah miss their dad and the special touches he would bring to their kindness challenge every year. They're quiet and reserved as December begins but eager to fulfill the daily tasks. Leah hopes that remembering their dad throughout the month will make their eyes shine bright once again.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Melissa Cate opened the pages of her heart in this beautiful thought-provoking story of a widowed mother with her two children. This inspiring tale of Christ-inspired love told through a season of grief & Christmas joy will make you pause and consider what your holiday season could look like. <em>The Kindness Challenge</em> has already impacted our Christmas and if you let it it will for you too. </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-Amanda Wright Christy Award Winning Author</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This title was originally published as a short story in </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Home for the Holidays: A Christmastime Anthology</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> by And You Press an imprint of Nicole Frail Books LLC in November 2025. The story has been expanded to include additional scenes/chapters nonfiction resources for widows and widowed parents kindness challenge ideas and original artwork</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p>