The Science of Kindness: Ben’s Bells and Its Lasting Impact on Tucson

Kindness is more than just a feel-good emotion; it’s a scientifically proven way to improve mental health, build stronger communities, and create lasting social connections. At the heart of this powerful idea is Ben’s Bells, a nonprofit organization that has been spreading the message of intentional kindness for nearly two decades. Backed by research from institutions like the University of Arizona, Ben’s Bells has incorporated the science of kindness into its core mission, demonstrating that kindness isn’t just a nice thing to do—it’s transformative.

Studies have shown that small, deliberate acts of kindness can lower stress levels, improve relationships, and even enhance physical health. Ben’s Bells integrates this research into the educational programs and workshops it offers, using data to teach people how practicing kindness can change their lives and their communities. Whether it’s in classrooms, workplaces, or public spaces, the science behind Ben’s Bells is clear: kindness has the power to heal and unite. And what’s even more fascinating is that this research-backed movement didn’t start in a lab—it started in a garage, born from a mother’s grief.

The Origins of Ben’s Bells: Healing Through Kindness

The story of Ben’s Bells begins with one woman’s journey through unimaginable loss. In 2002, Jeanette Mare tragically lost her three-year-old son, Ben, to a sudden viral infection. Devastated and struggling to process her grief, Jeanette turned to art as a form of therapy. Surrounded by friends, she began creating ceramic bells in her garage—each one a tribute to her healing process. What started as a small, intimate act of creation soon evolved into something much larger: the beginning of a kindness movement.

Jeanette and her friends began placing these bells around Tucson, accompanied by notes encouraging people to practice kindness and pass it on. The bells quickly became symbols of hope, connection, and healing. Soon, what began as a personal journey for one family resonated across the entire Tucson community. People were reminded that even in the toughest of times, kindness could be a light in the darkness. These bells weren’t just art pieces—they were messages, rippling outwards to touch lives in ways Jeanette had never imagined.

Intentional Kindness: A Practice for Everyday Life

The core philosophy behind Ben’s Bells is that kindness is a practice—something that must be done intentionally and regularly, even when it’s difficult. Life isn’t always easy, and it’s in those moments of frustration or challenge that kindness becomes even more important. Whether it’s showing patience to a coworker, offering a helping hand to a stranger, or simply being mindful of how we interact with others, kindness requires deliberate action.

Ben’s Bells teaches that kindness is like a muscle—you have to work on it to make it stronger. This is why the organization uses the term intentional kindness. It’s not about being nice when it’s convenient; it’s about choosing kindness as a way of life, even when you’re having a tough day. Through workshops, community events, and educational programs, Ben’s Bells helps people integrate kindness into their daily routines, reminding us that small acts of compassion can have profound effects.

From Tucson to the World: The Growth of Ben’s Bells

What started as a small, local movement in Tucson has now spread far beyond Arizona’s borders. Ben’s Bells has established studios in Phoenix and Connecticut, each becoming hubs for the organization’s mission. In Connecticut, the bells played a particularly poignant role in the healing process following the Newtown tragedy, where kindness became a symbol of solidarity and support for a grieving community.

The beauty of Ben’s Bells is in its simplicity. The bells themselves are not extravagant; they are small, handmade tokens designed to remind people of the power of kindness. But their impact is far-reaching. Today, you’ll find murals and “Be Kind” stickers all over Tucson, Phoenix, and even in other states, each serving as a visual reminder to practice compassion. The growth of Ben’s Bells has been remarkable, and at the heart of this expansion is a deep understanding that kindness can connect us all, regardless of where we live.

Helen Gomez’s Leadership: A Legacy of Growth and Resilience

In 2019, Helen Gomez took over as Executive Director of Ben’s Bells, leading the organization through a challenging yet transformative period. Under her leadership, Ben’s Bells navigated the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding new and innovative ways to keep the kindness movement alive. From virtual workshops to online sales, Helen helped ensure that Ben’s Bells remained a beacon of hope and positivity, even when the world felt uncertain.

Helen’s leadership has left a lasting legacy. She expanded the organization’s reach, not only maintaining its presence in Tucson but also strengthening its impact in Phoenix and Connecticut. As she steps down from her role, we reflect on the incredible growth Ben’s Bells has experienced under her guidance and look forward to the next chapter of this kindness movement. Helen’s time at Ben’s Bells has been marked by resilience, creativity, and an unwavering commitment to spreading kindness.

Belling Tradition: Recognizing Everyday Kindness

One of the most cherished traditions of Ben’s Bells is the practice of belling. Individuals and organizations can be nominated to receive a Ben’s Bell for acts of kindness. Whether it’s a local business providing meals to those in need or a community member going above and beyond to help others, these bellings celebrate those who live out the values of intentional kindness.

What makes this tradition even more special is that Ben’s Bells are not for sale—you can only receive one by being nominated or by finding one hidden in the community. This adds a sense of magic and surprise to the experience, making each bell a symbol of gratitude and recognition. During the pandemic, Ben’s Bells even adapted to hold virtual bellings, ensuring that kindness continued to be celebrated, no matter the circumstances.

A Call to Action: Get Involved with Ben’s Bells

If this story has inspired you, there are many ways to get involved with Ben’s Bells. The organization relies heavily on volunteers, and whether you’re in Tucson, Phoenix, or Connecticut, there are opportunities to contribute to the movement. You can sign up for a volunteer shift at one of their studios, participate in kindness workshops, or even help out at community events. Every act, no matter how small, helps spread kindness and keep the movement growing.

Visit Ben’s Bells Tucson Studios:

• Downtown Tucson Studio: 40 W Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85701
• Main Gate Square Studio: 816 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85719

Explore how you can support Ben’s Bells at bensbells.org and be a part of the kindness revolution.

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Tom Heath
Good morning. It’s a beautiful Sunday in the old Pueblo. And you’re listening to Katy. Tucson. Thank you for spending a part of your brunch hour with us on your downtown Tucson community. Sponsored, all volunteer powered rock and roll radio station. This week, we’re going to honor the service of Helen Gomez to Ben’s Bells. She recently announced that she’s transitioning away from her role as executive director of the organization, after leading it since 2019.

Tom Heath
And we’re going to listen to an interview we had with Helen back in 2021, just after Covid, and hear about the impact of kindness and how this whole concept got started. Today is September 15th, 2024. My name is Tom Heath and you’re listening to Life Along the Streetcar. Each and every Sunday, our focus on social, cultural and economic impacts in Tucson’s urban core, and we shed light on hidden gems everyone should know about.

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Tom Heath
And a couple of cool ones are coming up this Thursday, in the urban core. And we’re going to be able to hit both of them. But check it out. You might want to hit one of them, at 5:00 on Thursday. This is the 19th summer 19th. There’s a sunsets at Mission Garden. They’ve got music, food and just a chance to sit back and really experience a beautiful sunset as part of their Summer sunset series.

Tom Heath
It’s kind of wrapping up here, of course, as we’re heading into fall, but, it’s a great spot to check out a beautiful sunset and kind of feel part of those thousands of years of history that they’re recreating. And, and get a sense of what others would have seen from that very spot. That’s 5:00 at, the mission garden and, also at five, from 5 to 9, there is a free Thursday over at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Tom Heath
That’s Moca. And at 6 p.m., they’ve got a reading from an artist and a poet. I believe it’s Conrad. And it’s part of their connection with the Arizona Poetry Center connection with Moca. It’s got live music from our friends over at Chi. Food, drinks. So some cool, fun things coming up here on Thursday. I challenge you. I don’t know, could you, could you do both?

Tom Heath
Could you hit the sunset and head over to Moca? I don’t know, but if you do, let us, let us know how it went. Hey, we’re, we’re going to switch gears here and talk about Helen Gomez. She’s been the executive director of Bent Bells, and I believe since 2019 for a little over five years. And, she just recently announced that she’s going to be moving on from the organization.

Tom Heath
And I remember we did an interview with her just after Covid to get the inside story of Ben’s Bells and thought, what a way to, to to pay a little bit of homage and tribute to her. Go back to our interview back in June of 2021 with, Helen Gomez of Ben’s Bells.

Helen Gomez
My name is Helen Gomez. I am the executive director for Ben Bell. And it is a nonprofit in Tucson that is focused on, reminding people to engage in daily acts of intentional kindness.

Tom Heath
Well, let’s start with with that intentional kindness that is, a phrase that I hadn’t heard before, Ben Bell. So it’s not just being kind. It’s being intentionally kind. What? What does that mean?

Helen Gomez
So the way we always talk about it. Sure. As it’s not always as everybody knows, it’s not easy being kind of some days, you know, somebody cuts you off in traffic. You, coworker at work does something, and then you have to have a tough conversation. It’s not always easy. And time. So what we say is kindness is a practice.

Helen Gomez
So you need to practice that every day, just like anything else. Just, you know, like learning a sport. It’s a practice. So you have to be really intentional about, how you act and how you treat people on a daily basis. So it’s, keeping kind of at the forefront of your mind and everything you do that really makes a difference.

Tom Heath
Well, I think, when you talk about intentional, you might be the only organization I know of that has a chief kindness officer, can you tell us a little bit about Jeanette?

Helen Gomez
Yeah. That is wonderful. So our wonderful finder, a founder, Jeanette Murray, she is our. And we always say that she’s her one and only chief kindness officer. We will never have another chief kind of stop a therapy. She has to choose the one. And, even though she is, she has stepped away from the organization.

Helen Gomez
She hasn’t really, because, she’s working on her PhD currently, and all of the work she’s doing will inform all our science behind kindness. So it’s really a great relationship. So she’s really, delving into the science and, and, you know, the reasoning behind kindness and how it affects communities.

Tom Heath
Well, let’s talk a little bit about the what’s behind, the organization, because this as wonderful as it is in our community, this came from from a healing process that, Jeanette and her family were, were engaged with, are you able to share that story?

Helen Gomez
I can yeah. So, we are just to give you a little bit of, background there we are entering our. This is our 19th year. So if you can imagine, this started, 19 years ago with, Jeanette had been who then was almost three, and, he had, just he had a virus and, you know, he wasn’t feeling well.

Helen Gomez
She didn’t really think much of it because it wasn’t, you know, I didn’t get sick a lot, you know, little colds and croup and all of that sort of stuff. And, what turned out to be a normal small virus, ended up tragically been a died. And, so Jeanette was she was really trying to, as any mom would, trying to come to terms with her three year old passing away suddenly.

Helen Gomez
And so what she did was, she had a kiln in her. She got a kiln in her garage, and her and her friends kind of started this healing process. She started, doing things with clay, creating with clay. And so, out of this came the first stencils. And, that first year they put they just put a ton of them out into the community and with a little tag, you know, that talked about kindness and spread kindness.

Helen Gomez
So it started really small. And just from there it grew and it grew and grew and it grew. And and what she realized was, during her healing process, it’s these little acts of kindness that were shown to her that really got her through this. And they, her and her friends putting these spells out for somebody to find, they were spreading that kindness to people who needed it as well.

Helen Gomez
So it’s just it’s really resonated with the Tucson community. And it’s just, you know, anybody who lives here just knows it. They may not know everything they do, but they immediately see the flower and they go, oh, you’re to be kind people. So that’s kind of a cool thing. And, you know, if nothing else, it’s just a reminder that you should be kind so.

Tom Heath
Well and, you know, talk about growth. You know, and you, you, you know, you see the bumper stickers be kind. You see the, the murals that you talk about and you immediately know, what that means. In it. And this is grown outside of Tucson, right? It’s I know it’s in Phoenix. And I think I saw on the website that it was in Connecticut.

Helen Gomez
Yeah, we have, we have one in, in, downtown Phoenix and Restaurant Row. And then, we also have one in Connecticut. One of the women out there had, her cannot speak at a conference or something. And so she said, oh, I want to be a part of this. And so they were trying to figure out how to bring themselves to Connecticut.

Helen Gomez
And so she was similar in a lot, in a lot of ways to Jeanette. She started in her basement with a kilim, a bunch of friends, you know, starting this movement. Well, tragically, Newtown happened, which was which is where our Connecticut studio is located. And, the people from Tucson and then in Connecticut just really rallied and put so many of these bells in the Newtown area.

Helen Gomez
And it grew from there. And actually, I believe they’re going to be celebrating the ten year, not next year. In two years, they’ll be celebrating their ten years. So now I’m really proud of volunteers, the Connecticut Studio One.

Tom Heath
Your murals have been everywhere. And I, I did a story recently with, the team over, the Rendezvous Urban Flats, which is right across your downtown office space, which we’ll talk about here in a moment. But the, one of the things that was very important to the developers of that space was that they preserved the murals that were created through the Ben Bell Project that had adorned the, the elevator shaft that, you know, it’s empty for that lot had been empty for years.

Tom Heath
And there were four murals and they one of them still remains as part of the rendezvous flat. So they when I talked to the developers, they said it was it was part of our soul. We, we we had to keep that.

Helen Gomez
Yeah. It was it’s it was so great. You know what happened actually during Covid, I feel like when it went up and you know, and I would say early Covid because, there’s very little traffic on the street. And so one day, of course, I came in, you know, downtown and the way I was driving and I was like, which one was that?

Helen Gomez
And I went and I walked across the street, you know, and there it was and was up. And it’s just, it’s it’s such a great reminder. And it’s got the great thing about that mural is it’s got people’s names in it. She’s committed to kindness. And, you know, however long ago that was created, it’s just such a such a reminder for people that, you know, this is kind of again, back to intentional kindness.

Helen Gomez
It’s a practice. You have to continually keep doing it. So yeah, it has been so wonderful. And putting that back up so well.

Tom Heath
And here in Tucson you’ve got two studios, both on our, within our shows footprint here of the urban core. There’s one on main gate. And then you’ve got your I think it’s your primary studio downtown, which is in the old, Charles, Brown house. Grant.

Helen Gomez
Yes.

Tom Heath
So you’ve got this historic building in between two new, an across the street from a new, complex. You can’t really miss it when you’re walking by, but, what happens within the studio?

Helen Gomez
Well, so within the studio, the downtown studio right now is kind of kind of our hub for the whole organization. When everything was closed down, pretty much, I’d say almost 100%. Well, it’s more like 90% of the production early on was done down here downtown with our skeleton staff. And, that’s what really sustained the whole organization was online sales and, and things of that nature.

Helen Gomez
But so downtown, we have our big production studio in the back, part of the building. And if anybody people haven’t been to the Brown House this is an amazing space. It is this big, huge space that is has a courtyard in the middle. And so, our big studios in the back. And that’s where we host groups and, you know, just any volunteers.

Helen Gomez
And then we have our shop in the front, and then we have our administrative offices. So, this is pretty much like the the heart of themselves is run out of downtown Tucson.

Tom Heath
And it’s a pretty unassuming space. When you walk by, you don’t realize how deep that property goes.

Helen Gomez
No. Yeah. You’re totally right from the front. You wouldn’t imagine. It looks like it would maybe be a few, offices. But once you walk in, it’s just the space is just gorgeous. And, we are fortunate because they’ve allowed us to be, you know, from the back in here and there. Obviously, we don’t do a ton because of the historic building, but it’s just beautiful to see.

Helen Gomez
You know, we have a mosaic or fan in the courtyard and you have bells everywhere. And, I mean, we were just joking. We’re like becoming this little wonderland. We had birds and ground squirrels. It’s just kind of a really sweet space, the courtyard right now.

Tom Heath
So. And, and there’s something very, I think the word is probably serendipitous about that, that building because the you know, the original owner of it, Charles O’Brien, who, if you’re familiar to sign history, was, you know, the the owner of, the Congress Saloon and, you know, became sort of a place for legislators to me. But but he also, you know, his family, they lost his son at a very young age to smallpox.

Tom Heath
And when I, you know, I think about that, that Ben’s bell was operating out of that building with that history. It’s it’s one of those goosebump kind of, moments.

Helen Gomez
It of it is that’s a that’s a great connection.

Tom Heath
We’re revisiting an interview we did in 2021 with Helen Gomez. She was the executive director of Ben’s Bells. She just recently announced that she is moving on from the organization. So we thought we would, pay little honor to her time there and just remind everyone of the importance of being kind and and how the group of Ben’s bells and acts that here within our community.

Tom Heath
My name is Tom Heath. You’re listening to lifelong streetcar in downtown radio 99.1 FM, and we’re streaming on Downtown radio.org.

Tom Heath
All right. Welcome back. We’re finishing up an interview we did back in 2021 with Helen Gomez. Paying some homage to her. She’s moving on as the executive director of Ben’s Bells and, just kind of getting a history of the organization and how it impacts our community and really how it’s kind of grown into a phenomenon across the country.

Tom Heath
You actually have a scientific advisory board. It’s want it, if I understand correctly, what role do they what role do they play with it with the group?

Helen Gomez
Well, what they’ve been what they’ve done in the past is they’ve currently still, I shouldn’t say in the past they’re still doing this. They really, develop a lot of the research and they bring it to us so that we can, in fact, can inform the curriculum that we put out to schools. So, you know, we we actually have a great partnership with the U of A, we have a lot of, a lot of the departments at the U of a, one group that does our surveys, they, put together the question, they analyze the results.

Helen Gomez
We have somebody who’s analyzing the data. Once the surveys are all turned in, we just have there was just so many connections. And, so it’s a I think that’s what makes us different is we’re not just, you know, it’s not just we’re not trying to be just sweet and say, be kind because it makes people feel good.

Helen Gomez
Yes it does. Don’t get me wrong. That’s wonderful. But it’s also the science. And you know, what process do people go through when they’re faced with the opportunity behind what what either compels them to to move forward and act on that or not? And so it’s all those little things that you don’t think about that, that there’s the scientific for kind of, brings together all of that, all of the science.

Helen Gomez
So that’s, that’s actually one of the things that I think is, really gives us like, it gives us, you know, all the meat of what we’re really doing here. So it’s about, and let me just add to it’s about, you know, I think I’ve said this before, but, I mean, during Covid, I think about all of those tough conversations we’ve had to have about social justice and vaccinations and politics.

Helen Gomez
I mean, there’s been so much that has happened during, this past year where people need help trying to, I’m instead of trying to talk to other people who have different viewpoints from them and really listening, not you don’t have to agree with everybody, but just being able to listen and understand where someone is coming from. And I think you have to really approach it from a kind place and really wants to understand where they’re coming from, even if you don’t agree with them.

Helen Gomez
So that’s a big, big deal.

Tom Heath
About the science is important. And that certainly gives you a, a deeper conversation. But let’s talk about the, the emotion of it and tell me about what it means to be beld and how someone gets beld.

Helen Gomez
That has been my favorite thing I will tell you in the last year has been my absolute favorite thing. So, what happens is, anybody can be able to see, they just have to be nominated. And, so somebody has to, fill out a form online and, just tell us why this person deserves to be felt.

Helen Gomez
What did they do that was coming to. And, this past year, we have had so many more than any other. Well, I don’t know if any others. I shouldn’t say any other, but we’ve had a lot of nominations for, let’s say businesses who have been, feeding people in need or feeding, volunteers at vaccination sites.

Helen Gomez
And so what’s lovely is we get all of these nominations and they have a community committee who looks at all the nominations and then rates them, and then they decide, and, we we usually do, why don’t we? And then we get to, during Covid. It’s funny because we’ve been able to do some surprise zoom, felons where they don’t know that they’re being held.

Helen Gomez
We have to, spell, does some feast. And he was just it was just so, you know, you just he had this whole community on the zoom call. It must have been like 50 people. And just. It was really emotional because, you know, being recognized for being a good person and doing things that he probably wasn’t thinking, oh, I’m going to do this because this is going to, you know, bring me recognition.

Helen Gomez
He was doing it because he genuinely cares about other people. And so for me, and so that’s the great thing about feelings, is we get to recognize people who are just being good people and recognizing them for for their acts.

Tom Heath
And there’s some competition. So it’s not just about, you know, someone nominated in that individual, getting award. You said there’s an advisory group that that meets.

Helen Gomez
Yeah, there’s, we we actually have a separate, committee, a bowling committee that goes through these, on a regular basis, going through all of the nominations. And it’s hard some weeks, I mean, some weeks we had really excellent nominations, but we can only pick so many. So, but it’s great. It’s great. And, you know, we try to send out.

Helen Gomez
Well, we don’t try. We actually send out, notes to everybody who is nominated. It’s just letting them know, hey, you know, thanks for being kind. And you, we see you, we see the good things you’re doing, and so do other people. And so we really like to try and recognize them. And the other thing is, if that’s the only way you can get up, and so is if you’ve been nominated or if you find a ball out in the community, that’s the only two ways you can get a pencil.

Helen Gomez
You cannot buy it in the store.

Tom Heath
Well, how do people get involved? I know you’ve got a website, which is, you know, it’s pretty simple. Ben’s Ben’s bells.org. People can check out everything we’ve talked about today I think is in some way shape or form on there. But you tell us you’ve got volunteer efforts, you’ve got it. Tell us how people can get involved with the organization.

Helen Gomez
We, volunteers are kind of the backbone of themselves. And so, right now, what you can do is just, go online or call, email and, set up a time and you can come in and volunteer. And so it depends on you can come, you know, four times in a month and you’re going to be doing something different every time.

Helen Gomez
It just depends on on what volunteer activity we have for that day. But it’s a great way we’ve noticed you for people to come in groups, work groups to come in and, kind of do, you know, workplace bonding and sort of, experience. We’ve had families. We had a grandma who came in and she wanted her whole family to come.

Helen Gomez
So she was turning 80 and she had like 20 of her family, family members here just a few weeks ago. So, that’s probably the easiest way to connect with us is just to sign up and come in and volunteer.

Tom Heath
Well, we’ve got a few minutes left, and I definitely want to talk about the reason for this call, which is June 26th. This is a big, a big day for the organization. Tell us about about what’s happening on, on that today.

Helen Gomez
Well, we’re super excited about our celebration of kindness. We do it every year, and it’s a big fundraiser. And, last year, obviously, we had to cancel, but, this year we’re going to do a virtual trivia night. Trivia afternoon, I should say. And, it’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s, they’re going to there’s going to be general trivia.

Helen Gomez
There’s going to be a whole round of ten bells trivia. We’re going to have, we’re going to have raffle prizes. We have a 5050 raffle. And the great thing about this is that since it’s virtual, this is the first year that all of our students will be doing it at the same time. So we’ll have, some footage from Connecticut, from Phoenix, and then from Tucson.

Helen Gomez
So this is really a great year for the whole organization, all the communities that come together and, support themselves. And the great thing about it is you can actually play from anywhere. So, you know, you have cousins in like Michigan. All they have to do is buy a ticket and they’ll get the link and you can play from anywhere.

Helen Gomez
So, yeah, we do have tickets online as up and so forward and it’s on, like you said, June 26th and in Tucson. So our time is three East Coast time. Six. So yeah, we’re we’re really looking forward to it. And we hope that the community can come out and support us.

Tom Heath
Well. Halley Gomez, executive director of events, Bells Project, in Tucson, also in Phoenix and Connecticut. I mean, it’s it’s an organization that started from grief and it’s bringing hope and kindness across the country. And I really appreciate all the work that you’re doing. And thanks for joining us today.

Helen Gomez
Thank you for having me.

Tom Heath
That was Helen Gomez, executive director of Bend Spells and interview with you back in 2021. We’ve had her on the show a couple of times. They were talking about the celebrity bartending, event just past weekend here. I was in their very first celebrity bartending event, and they have really stepped up the game. The celebrities that were participating this time were were top notch.

Tom Heath
Chris Edwards, Dan Murray’s, Shane from Tucson foodie and and they there are 1 or 2 others. Anyway Ben spells I hope you, check out their organization and, support their efforts to be kind here in Tucson. My name is Tom Heath. You’re listening to lifelong Streetcar in downtown radio 99.1 FM and streaming on Downtown radio.org.

Tom Heath
Well, so. 308 thanks for listening in. We got to share back to an interview with Helen Gomez back in 2021. And the more recent news she is, moving on from her position as executive director at Ben’s Bells. We wish her the best of luck and excited to see what happens to her. Her, future here.

Tom Heath
Well, don’t go anywhere, because our future includes Ted Brzezinski with words. And we’re coming up here just a couple of minutes, and then it’s Ty Logan with heavy metal at the top of the hour. And speaker box X brings us back to the music at 1 p.m., and if there’s anything out there we should be covering, hit us up.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
And today we’re going to leave you with some music from Zach Abel. This is a song he released in 2021, just a couple of months after, actually a couple months before we did our interview with, Ben’s Bells. And, this song is called Be Kind. I hope you have a great week and tune in next Sunday for more life along streetcar.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
don’t bother me if you’re old or young. If you got lots of money. All you got next to none where you think we all.

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Go when we die.