Waitress secretely slips couple a note on their way
out – read the words and realize they need to act immediately
These
days, the news is filled with stories of shootings, lying and cheating, and
people generally treating each other badly. This isn’t one of them.
Last
year when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, an astounding 40 inches (100 cm) of rain
fell in four days on the greater Houston area. The record-breaking storm caused
catastrophic flooding and forced thousands of people to flee their homes at a
moment’s notice.
Among
those people were Carlos Sepeda Jr., his wife, Tammy, and their family. They
moved all their belongings up onto tables, beds and anywhere else they could to
get them off the ground. That didn’t turn out to be high enough for the
destructive flood, though, and the water rose up almost as high as the roofs of
their cars.
But
this Houston family’s hurricane story has a wonderful silver lining – thanks to
a kindhearted waitress named Mary Gough.
When
flood waters from Hurricane Harvey engulfed the home of Carlos and Tammy’s
house, they drove a couple hours north to Tammy’s mom’s house to escape the storm.
There, Tammy’s mom took them for some comfort food at Sam’s Restaurant in
Fairfield, east of Waco.
After
the Sepeda family sat down to eat, the subject of the hurricane naturally came
up, and they found a sympathetic ear in Mary Gough, their waitress. Mary had
seen the story of the devastating storm unfold on the news and immediately
decided to help.
When
the Sepeda family finished their meal and were on their way out the door, Mary
handed Tammy a folded note. Once she was out in the parking lot, Tammy took a
look.
What
she saw stunned her, and she immediately showed Carlos and the rest of the
family.
Inside
the note, Mary had written:
“This
isn’t much compared to your loss. Buy you something special. God bless — my
prayers are w/u”
Mary
also enclosed a $100 bill inside the note. Talk about going above and beyond to
help some strangers in need!
Carlos
and Tammy walked back inside and tried to give Mary back the money, saying it
was too much. But she refused to listen and said that she had prayed about it
and wouldn’t take the money back.
Mary
even offered the couple a table and some chairs to help them refurnish their
home. Carlos was so grateful that he took to Facebook to let the world know
about Mary’s wonderful gesture. And as of this writing, his post has been
shared more than 29,000 times and has also racked up more than 80,000 likes!
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also moved by the generosity this waitress showed to some absolute strangers?
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Source : newsner.com