Maxwell T. Auger was NOT having a good day. His poor little girl was sick to her stomach.
As if watching her suffer wasn’t bad enough, he had to miss a day of work to take care of her AND take the sick child with him to the store since his wife was at work.
“A few weeks ago, my daughter Chelsea was really sick. My wife had to work and Chelsea had a temperature and couldn’t keep anything down,” he wrote on Facebook, according to the Love What Matters Facebook page. “I had to send the babysitter home and miss work! I called the pediatrician and was given a list of things I needed to keep my baby hydrated, etc.”
Once his daughter seemed to feel a little better he figured it was safe to make a run to the store for a few things that she needed.
“She was doing okay, so I decided to make the trip up to Meijers to get the things we needed. My daughter was doing great, she was being such a good girl, she wasn’t whining, screaming, or crying, just being a 19-month-old lol,” he wrote. “She was doing so good, I bought her a new stuffed animal she was holding onto the entire cart ride. I go into the aisle where the baby food is and that’s when the party started!”
That’s when his daughter started to look a little green.
“My daughter looked up at me, her eyes started to water (as I’m holding her), and she pukes ALL OVER ME and all over the aisle and the coat she was wearing. Now, covered in vomit and a crying baby, I still have to get her pedialyte we needed, among other things, and I had a cart full of stuff we needed,” he recalls. “I’m pushing her towards the front of the store, holding her in one arm and and pushing the cart in the other. She starts puking again, ALL over me and the aisle. Instead of helping me, people were staring! A crowd starts to form (ARE YOU SERIOUS?!).”
While everyone else was enjoying the show, an extremely (and we mean EXTREMELY) generous person stepped in to help.
Regardless of all the puke.
“I see out of the corner of my eye what looked to be an employee. I said to her, with my voice trembling and tears welling up in my eyes, feeling helpless, ‘Ma’am can you please help me ring this stuff out?” Auger said. “I have to get her home.’ Without a hesitation, she said, ‘Yes sir, absolutely,’ and put her arms out to hold my kid covered in puke, so I can take my puke-covered coat off and Chelsea’s.”
It was not her job to do this, this woman could have easily walked away but she saw someone in need and stepped up.
“Then she said, ‘Follow me and we will get you out of here, I’ll take care of you.’ I felt like the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders! Here is a lady who not only was willing to help, but she didn’t hesitate to hold my puke-covered, crying kid! Chris K you ARE AN ANGEL!” Auger wrote. “You helped me more than I can even begin to express in words. You were an angel to me and my daughter that day and I will NEVER forget what a complete blessing you were! You are an AWESOME human being, and I hope Meijer realizes that they have a ROCK STAR! Please share this, she deserves to have some credit for being a great person and an AWESOME MEIJER EMPLOYEE!”
It’s nice to see that complete strangers will step up in some of our greatest hours of need. And Chris K is proof that those people do exist.
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