It is often tragic when a soldier dies in action it would be hard on his backslash or family because they wouldn’t see him backslash her anymore although the story we are going to share with you now is somehow tragic there is something beautiful in it we will together find out why the little boy was at the grave
Two strangers whose path crossed through misfortune and a good deed officer tiffany dial gave a salute during the funeral procession of a deceased officer
The officer had died during an attempt to arrest someone it was a rainy day during the funeral procession which made tiffany stay out of respect a passerby who was standing under his umbrella decided to share it with her to get some protection from the rain would you do the same if you met a dedicated officer standing in the rain the gentleman then walked up to her and held his big umbrella over her head but tiffany was unaware that he stood
Behind her for 30 minutes her hat blocked her view some people took pictures while passing by and that seemed a little bit strange to her but she didn’t give it much attention because what she was doing was normal to her every officer is saluted in this way when they die the gentleman didn’t speak to her and was gone before she turned around
Few days later a picture of the both of them came online and it was the talk of the town as it attracted the attention of many people were curious about the mysterious man there was even a post on facebook to find him the gentleman holding the umbrella was sean allen he worked in the same building as tiffany
However that was not the reason he held the umbrella above her he was at work the day looking for updates on the procession he wanted to know if it passed by the building where he worked and if so he would go outside to show his respect and so he did the procession was a very emotional display for sean he was impressed that officer tiffany also stood there to
Pay her respects to the deceased agent despite the rain that day brought a change in tiffany life thanks to sean she learned that people do care about officers sometimes it is easy to lose hope as an officer it is nice to see good things in people later when tiffany and sean met again they embraced each other and tiffany thanked him for his kindness
The letter to the military mother a gesture of kindness out of respect can really make all the difference in somebody’s life like in the story of tiffany and sean in the following story a stranger performs a friendly act as well a mother of two named jody was a hairdresser in daily life and worked in a hair salon when she left work one afternoon she saw something unusual on her black and white
Car there was something strange on our windscreen it was hard to see what it was from a distance but as she approached she saw it was a piece of paper what could it be was it a fine from the police luckily it wasn’t it also wasn’t an advertising leaflet or any other advertisement it was a handwritten letter
Who was it from and what did it say did she have a silent admirer judy got confused why would someone do this she hesitated but took the letter and opened it the letter came from an unknown person and she didn’t expect what was in it the person who wrote the letter had seen a sticker on the back of jody’s car the sticker on the back of jody’s car said proud parent of a soldier
The anonymous writer wanted to get in touch with jody through a positive letter the slogan on the sticker was simple but meant a lot to the writer this person was grateful to soldiers and wanted to give something back out of gratitude and respect the writer not only left a letter but also a 20 note the letter had instructions on how to use the money
The person explained that jody had to spend the money on the special soldier in her life she should send the money to the soldier if he was in the middle east for a meal or something luxurious or she could keep the money until the soldier had returned safely the letter touched jodie deeply she had two sons who were both in the army and like any mother or relative she always had her boys in mind and she
Worried about them when she received the letter both sons were miles away at work her eldest son jacob was 22 and abroad in south korea her 20 year old daniel was stationed in north carolina the letter reminded her of her sons but the letter ended only with the instructions the person also told her that she prayed every day for the army all over the
World she prayed especially for those who were in a dangerous war zone she signed the letter with all the best shelley but jody did not know anyone named shelly so it was a stranger who had made her day did you ever make a stranger’s day let us know in the comments this anonymous person took the time to express her support to another stranger
Out of respect for the soldiers jody read the letter twice before the content sank in then she broke into tears and was very grateful to this person for showing her support she missed her sons very much at that moment and the letter meant a lot to her it came at the right time because she could use some support the fact that a random stranger had taken a moment out of her day to comfort
Someone else touched her jody would like to meet this person to say thank you she also wants to tell this person how much the little gesture meant to her and her family so you can see what a small gesture in itself can do commemoration day now we turn to the mother and the little boy on the grave the story begins with thomas who joined the army in 2007.
One year later he married his high school girlfriend holly goss and this made him very happy the couple got a son together and thomas was just very happy shortly after that however he had to go to afghanistan it was difficult for thomas to depart and leave his family behind but he had to do his job and serve his country after saying goodbye to his wife and son he left
Holly had a nasty feeling in her stomach it felt like something horrible might happen and indeed during a patrol in afghanistan a rebel they encountered kill thomas the rebel wore a vest loaded with explosives and attacked the group thomas died instantly and never returned home it later turned out that thomas had switched places with another soldier
That day he had saved this soldier’s life and was therefore twice a hero he had made a sacrifice for his country and his fellow soldiers it came as a great shock to his family of course to hear the news that their beloved thomas had passed away thomas got a military funeral and he got his final resting place in a cemetery where other army heroes also lay buried a year after his death he was remembered
On commemoration day every year they commemorate soldiers on commemoration day on that day besides the relatives some strangers want to show their gratitude and support to the army thomas family has been there every year since his death but four years after his death when thomas family was commemorating him for the fourth time something unusual happened
In the cemetery there was also a little boy called mason he was there with his mother and held her hand together they placed the national flag on every tombstone this was their way of showing respect for the heroes they were doing that when mason suddenly disappeared his mother shouted at him and pretty soon she saw him
He was near and sat by one of the gravestones whose grave was it yes you guessed right he sat near thomas’s grave and carefully read the engravings he had so many questions to ask his mother he wanted to know more about thomas life and his family despite mason being so young he could feel the pain that thomas family had
Gone through his mother answered his questions and also told him about other soldiers when mason heard the stories some tears rolled down his cheek these memories touched him deeply in the following year he returned to thomas grave but this time he would also do a gesture as a sign of gratitude what do you think he did during the ceremony mason sat next to
Thomas gravestone he carried flowers in a drawing with him he had made the drawing himself it showed his hero from the comic books captain america when people asked the seven-year-old mason why he had done all this he replied that thomas was a hero just like captain america he said that thomas had done a lot for his compatriots and that he had to be remembered for this
This beautiful act of the little mason filled the hearts of thomas relatives with warmth he was still so young but already showed a lot of gratitude thomas his mother was deeply moved by what the little boy had done and felt somewhat less sad for the loss of her son it is always nice when others remember and show honor for the person you have lost
Mason had meant a lot to thomas entire family that day.