To celebrate Labor Day weekend, Ashley England went out to
dinner with her family. As any parent will tell you, bringing kids along to a
restaurant can be difficult — but Ashley is the proud mom of a son with special
needs. For her family, going to a restaurant can be particularly challenging.
During dinner, 8-year-old Riley was getting a little too
rowdy. He started hitting the table, throwing things, and raising his voice,
and Ashley could tell he was bothering some of the other diners seated near the
family. Riley suffers from a severe form of epilepsy that causes him to have
seizures.
Then, Ashley’s waitress approached the table. She assumed
the worst, and mentally prepared herself for a complaint about Riley. But it
was just the opposite. The waitress had tears in her eyes, and a note in her
hand.
“I’ll try to do this without crying,” the waitress said.
“Another customer has paid for your bill tonight and wanted me to give you this
note.”
The note read: “God only gives special children to special
people.”
The mystery diner’s act of kindness made Ashley begin to
cry, too. “To have someone do that small act towards us shows that some people
absolutely understand what we are going through and how hard it is to face the
public sometimes,” she said. “I felt like out of all the rude negative comments
that we are faced with – these outweighs them. Little did he know what
struggles we had been facing lately and this was surely needed at that moment.”
To read more on this story, click here: Stranger’s Act of Kindness for Little Boy with Special Needs Goes Viral
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