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WHEN TYRA DAMM lost her husband, Steve Damm, to brain cancer in 2009 after 15 years of marriage,
2009年，蒂拉·達姆結(jié)婚的第16年，丈夫史蒂夫·達姆死于腦癌。
her heart broke for herself and her kids, then ages four and eight.
她和當(dāng)時4歲和8歲的孩子心痛不已。
And in the opaque blur of that first year, one day stood out: his birthday.
在去世第一年模模糊糊的記憶中，有一天格外引人注目：丈夫的生日。
It was the hardest day of them all, full of unbelievable grief.
這是蒂拉和孩子過的最艱難的一天，充滿了悲傷。
Almost out of desperation, she hatched a plan for Steve's next birthday.
幾乎到了絕望，她為史蒂夫的下一個生日制定了計劃。
She would use it to help people she'd never met.
她會用這一天幫助她從未見過的人。
On November 4, 2011, Tyra asked friends in her Texas community to perform random acts of kindness in Steve's honor.
2011年11月4日，蒂拉邀請她在德克薩斯州的朋友為史蒂夫做一些善事。
Hundreds of people responded.
數(shù)百人響應(yīng)蒂拉的邀請。
A movement—and the hashtag #dammkind—was born.
一場帶著標簽# dammkinde的運動誕生了。
In the years since, #dammkind has been passed along and expanded, moving people Tyra has never met to do good deeds:
在那之后的幾年里，“dammkind”得以傳承和推廣，人們從未見過蒂拉，但在蒂拉的感召下做善事
buying coffee or ice cream for a person in line behind them, leaving a note of gratitude and a large tip for a waiter,
這些人給在后面派對的人買咖啡或冰淇淋，給服務(wù)員留下感謝的字條和一大筆小費。
baking cookies for Meals on Wheels.
為上門送餐服務(wù)烘培餅干。
"November 4," says Tyra, a 46-yearold middle school teacher and parenting columnist for the Dallas Morning News,
“11月4日，”46歲的蒂拉說，她是一名中學(xué)教師，也是《達拉斯晨報》的育兒專欄作家。
"is my favorite day of the year."
“這一天是一年中我最開心的一天。”
