The kindness of strangers: After losing my wife and son, I ate alone one Father’s Day – and another diner paid my bill
I went out into the car park to see if I could spot anyone nearby who might have just left the restaurant
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I lost my wife in 2020 and my son in 2021. A few years later, I was living alone in a retirement complex when I decided to go out one night for dinner. There was a little Vietnamese restaurant nearby that my wife and I used to frequent, which had excellent food and held many happy memories. It just so happened to be Father’s Day.
I dined alone, ordering my usual rice paper rolls. When I went to settle the bill, the lass behind the counter told me my meal had already been paid for.
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