To raise a child alone is always hard, but the situation is not enviable when it is necessary to lift not one but as many as four children. Single mom Tricia Murphy from the city of Sullivan, Maine knows this firsthand, because every year is the joy of the holiday atmosphere Christmas brings continuous stress.
Murphy works at the nursing home, studying to be a nurse and at the same time moonlights as a waitress at the Denny’s restaurant to provide for his family. On average, the job takes 50-60 hours a week, about 20 hours and take classes. Last Saturday, the woman was feeling particularly tired, because she still hadn’t bought everything you need for Christmas, her car was towed to the penalty Parking, and so she barely got to work on time, because she didn’t have $735 to pay the fine and take the car.
The only way out of the situation she felt some extra shifts at the restaurant, which would help her to earn before the holidays, Murphy realized that she needed to hire a nanny for their children aged 13, 11, 9 and 6 years old.
Despite all his experiences, the woman smiled, taking orders and serving customers. The company of three men decided to engage in conversation a waitress, asking what she is going to do at Christmas, to which Murphy replied that her four children really looking forward to meeting Santa. It seemed that customers just trying to be polite, but when she counted the men, it turned out that when the $35 they left $500 to the waitress for tea.
Yesterday morning, I was so stressed I could barely function. Most of my Christmas shopping wasn’t done, my car got…
Posted by Trisha Murphy on Sunday, December 17, 2017
Murphy thought it was some unfortunate mistake, but one of the customers smiled and wished her a merry Christmas.
She not only thanked the nameless generous Santa in person, she also published a post in Facebook saying that thanks to the good deed completely unfamiliar to her she is now able to buy gifts and to get my car back. She doesn’t have to work to find a babysitter and to think, what to pay her.
«He literally saved Christmas for me and my children.»
