Young Woman Holds Door Open Only To Hear Elderly Woman's Comment - Then She Decides To Speak Up

Mar 11, 2019 by apost team

Brooke Ochoa had no idea that the simple gesture of holding the door open for an older woman at a local restaurant could lead to a wonderful friendship. After holding the door for the woman, Brooke overheard her requesting a table for one from the hostess. At that moment, the young Texas woman stopped the older woman and asked her an important question.

She told the older woman, Delores, that she too was eating alone. She asked if she would like to share a table while they eat.

Most would agree that meals are much more enjoyable with a little conversation and someone with whom you can share a laugh. Delores was just as happy as Brooke to find a surprise buddy for lunch.

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Once the two began to talk, Brooke learned Delores was not eating alone by choice. But circumstances within her family had left her alone. Brooke explains her new friend had been living with her recently deceased mom for the past decade.

Delores also had an aunt who recently needed to move into a nursing home. Delores admits she has struggled recently with being alone.

The smiles the two women enjoyed at lunch have been passed on to many by way of social media. Brooke shared the post with the world has received more than two million likes.

Many comments have been left responding to Brooke's kind heart and she has been praised for being open to making a new friend in an unlikely place.

Brooke responds to commenters by saying the encounter benefitted her just as much as it benefitted her new friend. She says she and Delores have agreed to have lunch together every Thursday.

Many may believe it to be coincidence Brooke was there to open the door for Delores but perhaps there was a little divine intervention at play. Perhaps the two women were put together because each woman possessed something needed by the other woman.

What do you think about the gesture made by Brooke? Were you happy about the new friendship the women made? Pass this article along to everyone on your friend's list. It is a great reminder that genuinely warm-hearted people still exist in the world.