When a Mum in Need Asked For Help Total Strangers Jumped to Action

When a mum in need turned to the internet for help, total strangers jumped to assist her.

“Is anyone at sickkids right now?” Jaiden Cowley wrote. “I have a huge favor to ask. I’m in the er and I can’t leave my daughter alone, but I really need a coffee.”

She shared her post with a picture of her 18-month-old daughter, Amira, who has been waiting 400 days for a heart transplant.

“I’m not far,” a woman named Elizabeth responded. “What do you want?”

The young mum was shocked by how many people wanted to help a stranger at 11 p.m.

“I was thinking maybe someone in the building would read my message,” she told TODAY Parents. “I never expected someone to get in their car and drive to me.”

But 30 minutes later, Elizabeth arrived at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, also known as SickKids, armed with a Starbucks Venti iced coffee.

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“It meant so much to me,” Ms Cowley said, noting that she relocated to Toronto for Amira’s medical care and does not have family nearby.

“As Elizabeth was leaving, she said, ‘I’m so glad I could do this for you and let me know if you need anything else,'” Ms Cowley recalled.

Another mother who read the post contacted Ms Cowley to ask for her email. “She sent me $50 to buy coffee,” Ms Cowley told TODAY Parents. “It was such a nice gesture that I started crying.”

She said she is so grateful for the support. “Going through this as a single mom has been a lot. It’s exhausting,” she said. “But now I don’t feel so alone.”

Has a total stranger ever done anything this kind for you? Share your comments below

33 Comments

- - Jmac said
  - 10 Sep 2019
    9:54 pm
Please share more stories like this, people need to know that the world is not such a bad place

- - Blaire92 said
  - 28 Aug 2019
    9:53 am
Such a beautiful heart warming story!

- - becstalou said
  - 04 Aug 2019
    9:45 am
I love stories like this it is so nice to hear about people being kind to each other.

- - curlytops said
  - 20 Jul 2019
    11:11 am
Very kind of total strangers todo that.

- - mom336844 said
  - 20 Jul 2019
    8:22 am
Reading this post made me cry at the kindness of those strangers and at the situation the mum was in. Glad to read something positive!

- - musicmum said
  - 19 Jul 2019
    9:01 pm
So lovely to hear there are still kind people in the world, wish the news on TV had stories like this instead of all the fear, crime and hatred. There is a website called ‘good news network’ and you can read a lot of wonderful things on there.

- - DaffyD said
  - 19 Jul 2019
    8:22 am
The kindness of strangers, wish the world was like this always

- - mom264171 said
  - 19 Jul 2019
    6:41 am
What incredibly kind gestures she received in the hard situation that she was in!

- - skbou said
  - 18 Jul 2019
    9:28 pm
Such a big impact when someone does something nice out of nowhere.

- - mom101628 said
  - 18 Jul 2019
    8:12 pm
So lovely to see/hear someone doing such a wonderful thing for another – makes my faith un humanity take a step up. So much nicer than all the horrible things one hears about on the news these days.

- - Blossom said
  - 18 Jul 2019
    7:13 pm
It warms my heart to know that via the internet people in need can be helped. In some hospitals somebody known well to the child has to stay with them unless somebody gives them a break. Mums need to stay strong to be able to care for their little ones and a cup of coffee or other drink and or/food helps them. My niece and I sat with a little girl so the Mum could go home and have a shower and put on fresh clothes, and have a relaxing meal (she made it a hurried one). She didn’t have time to grab more clothes for herself or a soft toy for her little one before being rushed to hospital by Ambulance

- - rachelvk said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    10:11 pm
Wow, so heartwarming – the power of a village.

- - nealsq said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    8:18 pm
that is awesome! There are some amazing hearted people out there

- - mom376182 said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    5:01 pm
This is so lovely and warms my heart. Just the story I needed to read on a cold and rainy Wednesday.

- - MrsA said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    4:46 pm
That is a lovely thing to do.

- - mom173467 said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    12:51 pm
What a lovely gesture that your coffee angel did and others, love to see a heartwarming story of the good that people do for one another and not just hearing all the negative that goes on and fills our lives via news and social media. Hope you little one gets the help she needs ASAP xxxx

- - mom152736 said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    10:47 am
beautiful! kindness still lives!

- - Ellen said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    8:19 am
Beautiful ! Yes, Not so long ago I was in the shop with my kids and my youngest who has Down Syndrome loved a certain toy. I told my kids I’m not just buying any toys, that’s something for Birthdays and Christmas. Then a lady stepped in, charmed by my girl with Down syndrome, and gave me $50 to buy toys for my kids ! Such a sweet gesture.
- mom90758 replied
  
  17 Jul 2019 , 5:04 pm
  Oh really? That’s so nice. Such a spontaneous and lovely gesture. I can imagine your kids were thrilled!! 🙂
- - mish06 said
  - 16 Jul 2019
    11:40 pm
Its heart warming to read about this wonderful kindness.

- - mom319923 said
  - 16 Jul 2019
    10:35 pm
This is lovely. Good to see the good people coming out to shine.