A four-year-old girl waiting for a heart transplant at the Cleveland Clinic found an unexpected friendship with a construction crew across the street — and it all started with a flashlight.
Honestly, some stories just stop you mid-scroll. This is one of them. God has a way of tucking the most tender moments into the hardest seasons, and what happened between little Brinley Wisick and a group of construction workers is exactly the kind of thing that reminds us why we should never stop looking for His hand in the ordinary.
Brinley was doing what any four-year-old does when she’s bored and stuck inside — she grabbed a flashlight and started playing around with it. She and her dad pointed the beam toward a building going up across the street. They weren’t expecting much.
But one of the workers spotted it and shined a light right back. Then he held up a handmade sign that said “Get well soon.” Brinley’s family quickly made their own sign that said “Thanks.” That was all it took. Something real started between them.
Then the crew learned why Brinley was in that hospital. She needed a heart transplant. That news hit differently. One worker described it honestly: “It really changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I think a lot of the guys around here felt the same.”
These weren’t men known for making stuffed animal deliveries. But there they were — boots on, safety vests still on — carrying in a bear twice Brinley’s size and a hard hat covered in all their signatures. You just can’t make that up.
And here’s the part that really gets you. Construction had moved on to other parts of the building. They had no reason to keep coming back to that window.
But every single day, before they leave, the workers walk back down to that original floor and flash Brinley a heart sign. Every. Single. Day. Her mom said it simply and perfectly: “They love her.”
Brinley is still waiting for her transplant. But that little girl is surrounded by a whole crew of big-hearted workers. We don’t always know why God allows hard seasons, but we do know He never leaves us without comfort.
Sometimes that comfort looks like a stranger with a flashlight and a hand-drawn sign. Let’s keep Brinley and her family in our prayers.
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