“I was on a very busy bus at tea time in Streatham. Just as I was thinking the bus couldn’t get any fuller – a harassed mother got on carrying a big baby and pushing a buggy.
I was sitting in the seats reserved for older people (I’m 74) and mothers and babies. We all rallied round. I grabbed her shopping bag, someone grabbed her baby and someone else grabbed the buggy.
The mother, who was surprisingly cheerful, collapsed onto the seat next to me and immediately put her baby to the breast. Well he was happy to suckle as he’d been at nursery all day missing his Mum.
She had literally just gone back to work full time after maternity leave It turned out that she was a secondary school teacher and I felt so pleased that we’d been so helpful to her in her hour of need!”
Anna that is so kind of you and the other passengers – thank you so much for sharing a wonderful example of the kindness of strangers with us!
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