Brighten Your Day

When this happened I was only 5-ish years old and I was flying with my mom and 18 month old sister from Texas to Massachusetts.

Now this plane only had 2 pairs of seats per row so my mom had to sit with my sister while i was stuck with a stranger. I was really scared but this man did everything he could to make me happy.

When we got on the flight he said hi to me before playing angry birds on his phone. I was trying (and failing) to watch him without him noticing but of course he did. He then let me play on his phone, taught me how to use the controls and helped me win each level. Halfway through he opened a bag of gummy worms and shared with me. He brought me so much and he barely knew my name.

It’s been 14 years, I’m now a freshman in college, and I still think about him. I wish I could tell him how he showed me that strangers can be kind and that I still think about him every time I fly.