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Mum overwhelmed by stranger's kindness

What a fellow shopper did is amazing!

By Practical Parenting

December 20 2018

Danielle Vinson was having a bad day. Pre-menstrual and worn out by her kids while shopping, she was brought to tears by a random act of kindness by a stranger in the supermarket.

Danielle says she'd done her shopping and the checkout operator was ringing up her items when she realised she didn't have her wallet.

She rang her husband in despair and as she pressed her hand to her forehead she heard a voice behind her say: 'Keep ringing everything up. I'll take care of it.'

A stranger paid for our groceries today. All $178.86 worth of baby food and deli meat and milk and veggies.... paid forward in check stand 11. It was the most incredible generosity I've ever experienced in my life. After a day of pms-ing, and dealing with boys who love me so but just DONT get it, I took a "break" at the market with just one kid - the one that doesn't talk back (yet) - and after feeding him teething crackers to get through the trip, I placed all our items on the belt, handed the cashier our reusable bags, and turned around to a sudden panic while fumbling around my wallet-less diaper bag. Holding my forehead in despair with one hand, I called my husband with the other and pleaded for him to teleport my wallet to me in that moment, when I heard her behind me. "Keep ringing everything up, I'll take care of it." I whipped around in absolute disbelief and shook my head. I glanced at the screen at an unfinished subtotal of $70 and whipped around, thankful, but insistent that it was just way too expensive. "Seriously, don't worry about it, I need to do something for the holidays. Merry Christmas, enjoy" she told me, with insistence stronger than mine. I felt my eyes welling up with joyful, humbled, grateful tears. This is the stuff you read about that makes you smile, but when it's real life, YOUR reality? You changed my life today, ma'am. This moment is now forever engrained in my heart, and every thanksgiving I'm bringing YOUR love to my table. Thank you, from the peaks to the depths of my heart. Thank you ❤️✌🏼️🙏🏼✨❤️ #payitforward #kindness #humbled #bekind #bethechange #thanksgiving #thankful #happyholidays #generosity #thankyou

Sharing her story on the Love What Matters Facebook page, Danielle said her groceries cost $178.86 and she told the woman it was far too expensive.

'Seriously, don't worry about it,' the woman said. 'I need to do something for the holidays. Merry Christmas. Enjoy.'

Danielle wrote: 'This moment is now forever ingrained in my heart. Thank you from the peaks to the depths of my heart.

Source: New Idea