This breastfeeding mom was literally brought to (happy) tears by a note from a stranger

Even though breastfeeding is literally one of the most natural things in the world, there’s still stigma around mothers doing it in public. But we just heard that a stranger’s note brought a breastfeeding mom to tears, and it kinda makes us teary as well.

HAPPY tears.

Here’s what happened: Isabelle Ames was breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter in public at a restaurant, and her server — a fellow mother — was so supportive that she gave Isabelle a free pancake and included an incredibly sweet note alongside it.

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In Isabelle’s caption, she shared what happened after she received the note. “[The server] then began to tell me how ‘us mommas gotta look out for each other.’ Instant tears. I gave this incredibly sweet stranger a hug and cried again.”

Isabelle also explained that the moment was so personally significant because she had been having an extremely difficult time breastfeeding and struggled with feeling like a “failure” as a mom.  She added,

"So often, before I feed Charlotte in public I get a twinge of fear. "Okay, this is the time. Someone is going to harass me. They are going to yell at me. Someone is going to tell me I can't do this here." But not today. Today I got love, respect and a free pancake."

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It warms our hearts just knowing that exchanges like these DO happen, because the world could always use more kindness (and mom life is HARD!). Mothers should ALWAYS be given a safe and comfortable space to nourish their children — and treated with respect and understanding, wherever they happen to be.