Mary Skinner went to Aldi to do some last-minute shopping on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The new mom had her 5-month-old son with her as she shopped for food ahead of her first holiday feast as host. As babies often do, the little guy became fussy. Mary tried her best to bounce him on her hip and fill her cart.
“I already feel when I go into a store, people give me that look like, ‘I’m trying to shop and you’re bothering me.’ So I was already stressed because I don’t want to be that parent with a screaming kid,” she told KSDK. The Aldi store had people, and one special couple noticed the young mom’s struggle. Instead of judging, they swooped in to help. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Genell Reynolds (@genellwiththegoodnews) The Couple Helped Mary Skinner When She Needed It Most Mary Skinner, who lives in Glen Carbon, Illinois, finally reached the bagging area at the end of her trip.
She said an older couple approached and asked to help, but Mary didn’t want to be a bother. “Oh no, no, I couldn’t possibly,” she said. But this couple wouldn’t hear it. They saw her and her baby and felt empathy stemming from their own lives raising kids.
“Oh no, we had four kids and have six grandkids now. We know what it’s like,” they told Mary. She said she stood in shock as the total strangers helped her just to be nice. They wanted nothing more from the interaction.
Mary said she wound up sitting in her car crying because that little bit of kindness meant so much to her. “Oh my gosh, sometimes like people do things that are just so, it may not seem like such a big thing, but seeing someone struggling and just stepping in without judgment, without expectation, it just felt my heart was so full,” she said.
Mary Skinner felt the love of strangers who wanted to help just because. It’s so nice to hear about the good and how the smallest gesture can have a huge impact. This story’s featured image is by Oscar Wong.
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