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Kindness of strangers: I was so pregnant I couldn’t see my feet when a woman offered to tie my shoelace
As an expectant mother bringing a little person into the world, you want to feel it is mostly filled with good people. In that moment I felt reassured
TL;DR
- The author experienced severe hyperemesis gravidarum during her pregnancy.
- In the later stages, she was exhausted and unable to see her feet to tie her shoelaces.
- A stranger approached her in a shop and offered to tie her shoelace.
- This gesture was highly affirming and made the author feel reassured about the goodness of people.
- The author reflected on the vulnerability of pregnancy and the way strangers often comment on it, making the woman's simple, helpful act more meaningful.