Three young men’s act of kindness shown to an elderly lady at a restaurant went viral on social media.
Jamario Howard and his friends, Jamychol and Tae, were at a barbecue joint in Oxford, Alabama, when they saw an elderly woman all alone.
“My first thought was ‘dang I’d hate to have to eat alone,’” he said. He went over and asked her if he could sit with her.
She agreed and started a conversation with Howard. She told him that she had lost her husband and that the next day would have been their 60th anniversary.
“I instantly gave my condolences and asked her to come eat with us,” Howard said. “She was excited to do so.”
Howard posted a picture of them together on Facebook, which went viral with more than 44,000 shares.
“The point in this is always be kind and be nice to people. You never know what they are going through. This woman changed my outlook on life and how I look at other people,” he wrote.
Howard said the woman’s name is Eleanor, and the four of them chatted about “everyday life, sharing stuff about each other” while eating BBQ and fish.
“Our actions were truly from the goodness of our hearts,” Howard said.
Small acts of kindness like these go a long way to impact people and spread warmth all around.
