Acts of Kindness
Sad waitress with teeth problems receives life-changing gift from customer
Darlene refused to smile because of her missing and damaged teeth. But when she spoke with a customer about it - she had no clue it would lead to a life-changing gift.
Irene Markianou
07.15.22

When dentist Kevin Moseman and his wife decided to have dinner at a local diner a few years ago, they had no idea they were about to change a sad woman’s life forever.

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Darlene Andamasaria, a waitress at a Wall diner, in New Jersey, had a bad car accident back in 2011, which left her with a series of painful injuries.

Besides the injuries, she also suffered financial hardship, and a destroyed self-confidence. Why was that? Her teeth were broken during the accident, making it impossible for her to smile, which had an impact on her spirit.

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That day in November 2016, she served the couple, but she did not smile as most waiters and waitresses do. The man seemed to notice that and asked to find out more about her story.

“You could see in her face, her expression, there was no smiling, there was no anything,” Moseman told CBS New York at the time.

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So, he told her that she could feel free and open up about whatever she was struggling with, whatever made her feel sad.

Darlene just couldn’t believe that a stranger would care about her life.

“They listened to my every word,” the woman said. “Every single word I said, they were interested in what I was saying.”

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Darlene felt as if the couple had taken some of her sadness out of her. And then it was time to prepare their check. As she was doing that, she noticed that the amount they had to pay was $22.02.

As Andamasaria explained, 222 was her late father’s lucky number. In fact, before he passed away, he had told her that every time she saw that number, it would mean he would be thinking of her.

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The waitress took the number as a sign. As a way to thank the kind customer for his interest, she decided to pay his food bill.

Still, the story did not end there. When Moseman returned home, he kept discussing Darlene’s story with his wife. Soon, they knew what they could do to help the woman.

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Only a few weeks later, the dentist asked Darlene to visit his office, where he repaired the damage that her teeth had suffered free of charge.

Darlene couldn’t believe how lucky she was to have met Moseman and to have drawn his attention. She was excited to have her smile back and be able to share it with all the people in the diner and in her life.

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As the dentist said, he just felt that they had to do something for the woman, and there was nothing more appropriate than giving her her smile back.

Darlene will be forever grateful to the couple who cared about a stranger, like her. She has not stopped smiling since then.

What a wonderful story of kindness and generosity. Let’s hope that it will inspire other people and have a domino effect.

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Watch Darlene and Moseman talk about the heartwarming story in the video below!

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