Thank You Random Friend!

To this day, I don’t know who it was that took of their time, resources and money to help us out. All I know for sure, is that someone did.

It was 2008. My first husband and I had separated just as the school year started. I was working full-time, making around $13 per hour. When the separation happened, suddenly I had to find daycare for my autistic son, who was 7-years old at the time.

With the added expense of daycare, money was tight. So, I applied for the free lunch program, but was denied. In my poverty, I was too rich. Back then, I was never offered a reduced lunch fee. It was all or nothing.

However, when I went to add money to my child’s lunch account, there had been a credit. I thought it had to be an error. But as I sat staring at my checkbook balance, which was about $35 with four more days until payday, I was relieved to see the error in my favor.

I’ll admit that I looked into the error in my favor, but not very hard, because I really needed the assistance with my son’s lunches. For about a year, every time the lunch account was getting low, I would log in to add money, but it was already there! And I was grateful every single time!

It wasn’t until several years later that I found out that there are actually people who take the time to find out if there’s someone in their school who might need some assistance. Then they do things, like put money on a child’s lunch account to make sure that child has a hot lunch, and to assist struggling parents.

My child had something to put into his belly each day at school. And I had a small bit of much needed financial relief. It truly was a blessing!

The best part about it, is that no one else ever knew about it, until now. No one came forward asking for gratitude. They didn’t even make themselves known to me. It was a selfless gift that was given in silence, completely preserving my dignity.

So, THANK YOU RANDOM FRIEND! For showing love to me and my son when we were struggling and needed it most! #randomactsofkindness