It's National Compliment Day! Be Nice to a Stranger, or Someone You Love

by Leilani PolkOh yes. Camilla Bandeira / GETTY
My mom is one of those exceedingly nice people who compliments random strangers on the street. Often, it's because they have a cute dog and my mom loooves dogs. But she never limits herself to four-legged appreciation, and I've been with her on numerous occasions when she stops a woman walking by to offer kind words about her dress, her hair, her jewelry, her baby... When I was younger, this mortified the hell out of me. These days, it makes me fee