‘Good people do exist’: Mum, 18, is touched after a kind father on the bus gifted her a ring, $20 and a note that urged her to ‘keep pushing forwards’
- Sunshine Coast native Brittany Jackson was given a gift by a stranger on Monday
- A young dad on her local bus handed her $20, a ring and a note on a card
- Brittany believes he was a ‘kind soul’ who knows sometimes there are ‘hard days’
- She gave the man a shout-out on Facebook and garnered a lot of praise
A young mother has thanked a kind stranger who gifted her $20, a note and a ring as she stepped off the bus with her 11-month-old daughter.
Brittany Jackson, who is based on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, was on her daily commute with her daughter Thea when she was approached by a father.
He handed the 18-year-old a number of gifts, held together by a silver ring, just as she walked off her bus.
Brittany Jackson, who is based on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, was on her daily commute with her daughter Thea when she was approached by a man
He handed the 18-year-old a number of gifts, help together by a silver ring, just as she walked off her bus
‘To the kind soul that gave me this you honestly made my day and made me smile, you’re proof good people still do exist in this world,’ she wrote on Facebook after.
The note read: ‘Keep pushing forwards. Motherhood = Goddess. From a dad’.
Brittany isn’t sure why he decided to give her the generous gift but she feels as though he was ‘an angel sent from above’.
Brittany isn’t sure why he decided to give her the generous gift but she feels as though he was ‘an angel sent from above’
‘Honestly I’m not sure why this happened. He was such a kind soul,’ she told FEMAIL.
‘Also being a dad himself he knows what being a parent is like and knows there are some hard days.’
After admiring the silver ring with the green stone for the day, Brittany endeavoured to find out if it had any kind of hidden meaning.
‘Also being a dad himself he knows what being a parent is like and knows there are some hard days,’ she said (pictured with her daughter Thea)
‘I found out the ring he gave me has a malachite stone in it which means guardian,’ she said
‘I found out the ring he gave me has a malachite stone in it which means guardian,’ she said.
She is currently wearing it on her index finger.
A number of people on Facebook responded to Brittany’s post on social media with praise.
She is currently wearing the pretty green ring on her index finger
‘There is so much negativity and wrongdoing in the world and then you see something like this and know it’s not all bad,’ one person said.
‘What a beautiful gesture. Good people still exist,’ said another.
A third added: ‘Faith in humanity is slowly getting restored’