Single Mom stranded with 4 kids broke down in tears after kind stranger helped them out of a nightmare situation
Being a single parent can be extremely difficult, just ask Tawny Nelson who recently went through a rough patch while raising her four daughters on her own.
When Tawny’s ex left the family, things became very challenging for the young mom.
The mother of four beautiful young girls suddenly found herself alone with her daughters aged 9, 5, 2 and 6 weeks.
Things had not been going well for Tawny ever since her partner left them to fend for themselves. Her financial situation was not great since she had four growing girls to feed on her own. As a result of that, the family car was left in bad shape.
Needless to say, it was no easy feat. Between raising and caring for her four daughters, the mother also faced the issue of their family truck that was constantly giving her problems, making it difficult to get around.
With a flat tire that she constantly needs to pump air, broken window motor and a need for a new alternator belt, she only used the car when it was absolutely necessary to do so.
Stuck in a Lot
But one rainy night, they desperately needed groceries so the five of them went for a quick run to the store. Once they have loaded groceries to the car, the vehicle wouldn’t start no matter how Tawny tried.
She was stranded in the parking lot with her four daughters aged 9, 5, 2 and a 6 weeks old. To make matters worse, she was not able to call anyone because her phone was disconnected.
It was a nightmarish situation for the desperate young mother of four. She tried to get other drivers’ attention and begged for help, but drivers simply ignored them and drove away.
“I must have asked more than twenty people in the course of two hours for a jump. They all ignored me. Not even a no. Just acted like i didn’t exist,” she wrote.
An Unlikely Hero
When everything seemed hopeless, she heard an old man with a bad limp knock on her window. An elderly man, most probably in his 70s, gave Tawny a plate of chicken strips, biscuits and some water from a deli nearby.
He asked her to feed her girls and herself. He also said that he arranged for a tow truck to come get Tawny’s car and his wife was on the way to fetch the ladies back home.
The man’s wife soon arrived as did the tow truck, and Tawny and her children were at last back home, safe and sound.
The Next Morning
But as if that were not enough, the very next morning, the man reappeared at Tawny’s home — with a mechanic who replaced her truck battery and alternator — and even fixed the broken window.
She was beyond grateful and when the elderly man left, she asked the mechanic how much was the total cost of repairs and whether it was possible to pay in installments. He said that everything had been taken care of as the old man had settled her bill.
She went on to write, “He said that the only payment the older man wanted was for me to never give up and keep being an amazing mom. I’ve never cried so hard in my life. And without knowing us or our situation this kind man helped us in ways he will never know. What he did revive my faith when I was falling apart. But he wouldn’t even take a hug.”
Although she could not thank him, she hopes that one day she can help someone else the way the elderly man had helped her.
Tawny wrote in a post on Facebook:
“Here’s what she wrote me:
I am the single mother of four absolutely beautiful little girls.
The are 9, 5, 2, and 6 weeks.
And things have been particularly rough since my ex left.
My truck had a flat I constantly had to air up.
The driver side window motor died.
And I needed a new alternator belt.
The truck was a mess.
And we didn’t drive anywhere unless we had to.
Well the other day we desperately need to go to the store.
So we loaded up and drove to the Winn Dixie about 9 blocks away.
When we got out of the store it was far after dark.
And POURING rain.
I loaded my kids and groceries into the truck.
Tried to crank it…… Nothing.
No click.
Nothing.
One of my girls as accidentally left a light on.
My battery was dead.
My phone was also disconnected.
I have no family to speak of and was on my own.
I got out and opened my hood to be sure my battery hadn’t come loose.
Nope.
I must have asked more than twenty people in the course of two hours for a jump.
They all ignored me.
Not even a no.
Just acted like i didn’t exist.
My 5 Year old was melting down.
My newborn SCREAMING, my two year old crying she was hungry, and my oldest desperately trying to help.
I was bawling and felt like the worst Mom ever.
Then I got a knock on the passenger window.
An older gentleman (he was 74) with a cane and a bad limp was on the other side of that knock.
I opened the door.
He handed me a plate of chicken strips and biscuits from the deli and bottles of water.
“Feed those babies and your self young lady.
I have a tow truck on the way and my wife will be here shortly to take y’all home.”
Sure enough she arrived followed by the tow truck.
Us and our truck were taken home.
The next morning the gentleman returned to my house with a mechanic who replaced my battery and alternator and fixed my window.
The elderly gentleman then left and did not return.
When I asked what I owed the mechanic and if I could make payments he smiled telling me the older man had paid for all of it.
He said that the only payment the older man wanted was for me to never give up and keep being an amazing mom.
I’ve never cried so hard in my life.
Things had been absolutely awful.
More so than I care to explain.
And without knowing us or our situation this kind man helped us in ways he will never know.
What he did revived my faith when I was falling apart.
But he wouldn’t even take a hug.
I’ll never be able to thank him.
But I certainly hope one day I can do what he did for me for someone else.
—-Tawny Nelson
Isn’t that a great story?
I hope the 74 year-old man who helped her sees this.
I hope he knows what a difference he made for Tawny.
Someday I’m going to do something like that.
I can just feel it.
And it’s going to make me so happy.
”
Source: en.newsner.com, gtgoodtimes.com
