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Hudson says Oxford Rocks has inspired other
spin off groups around Calhoun County
such as Anniston Rocks, Jacksonville Rocks,
Weaver Rocks, Talladega Rocks, Heflin Rocks,
and more.
Hudson and other members of Oxford Rocks
encourages people to write Oxford Rocks
on the back of their rocks so those who find
them know where to post pictures.
Oxford Rocks have been found all over the
southeast. “If somebody is going out of town
or on vacation I usually send some of my
rocks with them,” explains Hudson. She says
Oxford Rocks were found in Florida, Mobile,
Texas, and even New Zealand.
Hudson says she has painted and hidden
approximately 600 rocks so far, and her
reason for painting rocks has grown from
a hobby into something much more
meaningful. She says, “Seeing the smiles on
the kid’s faces. It’s been a blessing to me, it
really has.”
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On more than one occasion,
Hudson says her rocks have
touched people to the point of
tears. “It is unreal. It is absolutely
unreal,” she says as she remembers
a mother’s tears. One day at the
Oxford Exchange, Hudson gave
two young boys each a rock of
their own, and their mom started
crying. She told Hudson that she
found a painted rock on her front
porch after her husband’s funeral,
and explained how much it meant
to her.
“You get good stories like that all
the time,” Hudson says. And that’s why she
continues to paint her rocks.
Her hobby has grown so much that Hudson
says her kitchen table is now the rock
table. “On the side, some people call my
rocks ‘Cindy Rocks’ and they say ‘don’t re-
hide Cindy Rocks, keep Cindy Rocks,’” she
laughed.
Hudson encourages everyone to participate
in Oxford Rocks or another group in your
home town. If there isn’t a group near you,
start one!
The goal of The Kindness Rocks Project is
to promote random acts of kindness to
unsuspecting recipients… whether by
painting and dropping inspirational rocks
or some other cool creative way to bring
kindness into the world.
This focus on positivity, kindness, and love is
what makes Cindy Hudson and Oxford Rocks
Completely Calhoun County. ✽
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