If you have ever been blessed to have a random act of kindness bestowed on you, you know what a gift it can be. I have been blessed to have been a part of some RAOK and also have tried to pay it forward as well. A few months ago Alex and I were getting Dunkin Donuts at the drive through. We placed our order and when we got to the window to pay we were told, "the car in front of you paid for your order already." Well we had our money out already so Alex without missing a beat handed the barista his money and said, "Then this can go toward the car behind us." It felt good to pay it forward.
Today however we were blessed by someone, and I cannot even put into words how it made me feel. We were eating our lunch with Anastasia, we went through our usual routine, prick her finger get her blood sugar level, see if she needed insulin, then let her eat. We are so used to it we left her kit on the table. A couple of times I caught the eye of the woman at the table behind us. She wasn't annoyed looking, but she did look curious. As we were getting our garbage together the woman approached me and handed me money and said "Your lunch is on me, I am praying for your little girl." I was floored. she then asked for Anastasia's name so she could lift her up in prayer and left. Alex and I looked at each other in awe.
I of course started crying because she was so nice, then I realized she was watching us as we cared for our diabetic daughter. We are so immune about it after a year (though I'd really like for numbers to stabilize with the pump) we never realized that someone outside of us would realize what we are doing.
So to the angel who blessed us today I thank you from the bottom of my heart, you truly do not know how you touched me today.
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