When No One Shows Up to 4-Year-Old’s Birthday Party, Strangers Create Unforgettable Celebration
It’s always a sad thing when no one shows up to a child’s birthday party. We don’t always know the reasons why people end up bailing, but we do know special days are always more fun with friends.
When a little girl from Kansas named Tayah was celebrating her 4th birthday at a local park, her family was saddened to see that none of her friends came.
Despite the lack of attendees, a friend of Tayah’s mom realized there were lots of people enjoying the park with their kids, and she decided to try something a little unorthodox.
Alaysha Blue walked up to strangers at that same park and asked if they would stop what they were doing, take a moment and sing happy birthday to the 4-year-old.
“Today the most incredible thing happened for my Boogie [Tayah] thanks to my friend Alaysha Blue,” Tayah’s mom Jessica Soto wrote on Facebook.
“[The] whole entire park pretty much came together and sang Happy Birthday to her and hugged her one by one afterwards. It was so Amazing!!!!
Blue caught the priceless memory on video, filming as the strangers walked across the park to celebrate the birthday girl.
“This video speaks for itself,” Blue wrote in her caption. “Our intention of sharing this experience with the public is simply to show that in a world filled with so much ugly, there is still so much beauty to be seen. God works through us- if we let Him.”
“I believe that God put us all in the same place that day for a reason,” she added.
“These complete strangers bonded together to help us celebrate Tayah’s 4th Birthday, and by this one simple act of kindness we are left with a beautiful memory that I know we will never forget! To these amazing families in Wichita, KS THANK YOU!!!”
Blue admitted as she filmed that the kindness of these folks make her tear up. And wouldn’t you? These people were so compassionate and selfless.
Commenters on the video took a moment to wish Tayah a happy birthday too. If this goes viral, there will be plenty more viewers who will want to wish this little girl a happy birthday.
This isn’t the first time a group of kind strangers took time to turn a birthday frown upside-down. In 2018, a 6-year-old boy was heartbroken after no one showed up to his Peter Piper Pizza party.
Thankfully one awesome basketball team plus thousands of birthday wishes on social media made a no-show birthday not so bad after all.
Have you witnessed the kindness of a stranger recently? If not, maybe it’s up to you to be that kindness. You never know who you might impact in a big way.
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