Thank you Kitchener (first time mom and Reddit post)
First time mom, it's been two months and it's been the hardest two months of my life.
But I want to thank Kitchener and it's residents for its kindness today. It's been so hard seeing the news lately and seeing how different people have become in this town. Maybe it's a bit of postpartum depression, but the city just feels so negative and angry the last few years. But I just hope this shows there is still good people, and good things that happen in our city.
First person I want to thank is Will, he's this larger Asian(maybe Korean or Chinese? Sorry If I assumed wrong) male with a chest and arm tattoo and drove a purplish blue BMW.
First off my baby seat in my car kept coming loose since the start of today. Will was leaving GoodLife on Fairway and saw me (maybe I was being way too dramatic) sitting down on the floor and crying as my daughter was crying in the back seat and I couldn't figure out how to fix it and I was honestly just exhausted. Will came over to ask if everything was okay, if I needed an ambulance. He let me vent to him about my week and the baby seat being a problem while I held my daughter and he tried to fix it. Turns out a piece of it must have broken that held the two belt pieces together. He used some black ties to hold it together while I went to Walmart to get a new baby seat. Thank you for speaking with me and giving me the kind words you did and making cat noises at my daughter and showing her pictures of your cats until she stopped crying.
The second person I want to thank is Vishal/Vizal(I hope I'm spelling this right his name tag was worn out) he's an older Indian gentlemen's, slight slouch in his back and very thin working at Walmart on fairway mall. He initially helped me find the baby seat at Walmart, he recognized me right away when I went to look for the replacement baby seat. He took the time to speak with me apologized that the one I bought was defective or broke after a few weeks and said it would make him furious if his granddaughters seat had broken and endangered her life and kept apologizing even though it wasn't his fault. He even took the time to find a manager to help me replace the seat (I didn't have the original box and extra cushions/padding for the seat). He even came out and helped me install the new seat into my car and told me how sorry he was, and he spoke to me about his family back home in India and his family here. Thank you for also giving me words of encouragement for being a first time parent, and speaking to me about your children and grandchildren. I'm also very thankful for the manager for making an exception for me (I forgot her name)
I am truly thankful for these two strangers today, and if people have the time today or any day to help someone or just be kind please do. You would be surprised how much you could change their day.