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She got home and told Anastacia about leaving her wallet in John\u2019s car and the kid at the store who paid for her things. Mary only went there to buy a few things for chicken noodle soup, so it wasn\u2019t anything important. \u201cStill, it was nice to see a young man being so kind,\u201d Mary finished her story while storing things and getting ready to make the soup.\n
\u201cI agree. Although kids today are all so progressive, some of them can be pretty self-centered,\u201d Anastacia.\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think this kid comes from a rich family, though. Maybe that\u2019s why he\u2019s so nice. But anyway, I\u2019m worried that he might need that money urgently,\u201d the older woman continued. Luckily, she called John, who agreed to come up to Santa Ana the following day and return her wallet.\n
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Mary and Anastacia rang the bell at the address Mark had given them. Earlier, John came up, gave Mary her wallet, and Mary called the kid to return the money. He told her where he lived, and now they were right in front of his home.\n
The house was small and old. But it looked clean, and the garden was maintained. It was clear that these people didn\u2019t have a lot of money, but they took pride in keeping it pretty. Mark answered the door.\n
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\u201cHello, Mrs. Cummings,\u201d Mark said upon opening the front door.\n
\u201cHey, Mark! This is my daughter, Anastacia. Here\u2019s your money. Again, thank you so much for everything,\u201d Mary told him with a kind smile.\n
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\u201cThank you. You didn\u2019t have to hurry,\u201d the boy replied and looked behind him for a second. \u201cListen, I would invite you in, but I\u2019m not supposed to have anyone over. My grandma would be mad.\u201d\n
\u201cOh, where is she? Maybe, we can come later to meet her. Does she like pecan pie? Because we\u2019re going to the bakery right now,\u201d Anastacia added happily.\n
\u201cWell, she\u2019s actually at the hospital and won\u2019t get out for a while,\u201d Mark explained with a frown. Mary and Anastacia wanted to know more, so he continued. \u201cShe needs a huge surgery, and I started a GoFundMe, but I\u2019ve been trying to promote it. It\u2019s not that popular. For now, the hospital has understood, and they are keeping her in observation while I raise the money.\u201d\n
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\u201cOh, sweetie. You shouldn\u2019t have to do that on your own,\u201d Anastacia said, concerned.\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have anyone else. It\u2019s only us,\u201d Mark shrugged. Mary and Anastacia looked at each other and came to a wordless decision.\n
\u201cGive me the link to the GoFundMe, and your grandmother\u2019s name. Also, come with us to the bakery. We\u2019ll go visit her and see if the doctor lets her eat some pie,\u201d Mary offered, although it was more of a demand.\n
\u201cAre you sure? You don\u2019t have to.\u201d\n
\u201cWe have to,\u201d Anastacia insisted, and Mark went with them.\n
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After buying some pies, they went to the hospital to meet Mark\u2019s grandmother, Mrs. Julie Strada. They talked to her for a while, and Mark decided to stay with her that night, so Mary and Anastacia left.\n
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When they got home, Anastacia shared the GoFundMe link with anyone she could think of, and she also donated a few hundred dollars. But Mary felt so hopeless. \u201cThey need so much money for this surgery. I don\u2019t know if sharing the link is enough,\u201d she breathed sadly.\n
\u201cLet\u2019s think,\u201d Anastacia said, looking at her computer. \u201cHow about we share the story of the boy? I mean how he helped you, although they need the money so much. I mean, he couldn\u2019t know you were going to pay it back. Maybe it could go viral? Let\u2019s try Reddit.\u201d\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a one-in-a-million thing, Anastacia,\u201d Mary replied skeptically.\n
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\u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d the younger woman said with a smile and started writing everything that happened on Reddit. She posted it on several subreddits and her Twitter.\n\n
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At first, there were only a few commenters, but thousands of people had read the story and donated to the cause after a few days. They still needed a lot more donations to reach the goal of $230,000, which was the cost of Mrs. Strada\u2019s entire treatment.\n
But surprisingly, a famous new outlet picked up the story, shared it, and even interviewed Mary and Mark for their article. The GoFundMe project reached way beyond their goal, and they were ecstatic. Mark couldn\u2019t believe it. He had only paid around $20 for what Mrs. Cummings needed at the store, and she somehow found a way to pay it back and more.\n
What can we learn from this story?\n
Helping others can change your life.\u00a0Mark helped an older woman at the store, not knowing how hard she would work to pay him back for his gesture.\n
There are still good people around the world.\u00a0Tons of viral stories have gotten people enough donations to pay for their family members and even their pets\u2019 treatments, which proves how good people can be.\n
Share this story with your friends. It might brighten their day and inspire them.\n
If you enjoyed this story, you might like\u00a0this one\u00a0about a man who had to put his baby up for adoption when he was a teenager.\n
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