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Family Notices Lonely Elderly Man Eating Alone, Double Dose of Kindness

An Australian couple while having dinner with their grandchildren invited an old man sitting alone at a nearby table to join them and it stirred more compassion. Ali and Chris were at a Chinese restaurant with their grandkids for Christmas in Yarrawonga, a town in Victoria, Australia,

when they noticed an elderly man eating alone. Ali and Chris sent their 8-year-old granddaughter to ask the man if he would like to join them for dinner and he agreed. Something about the sight of the man whose name was Phil in his 90s touched their heart. Ali’s sister, Helen, posted the heart-touching story in the Facebook group ‘The Kindness Pandemic. Read the full story here ▶