This Waitress Gave Two Mourning Parents an Amazing Gift

Debbie and Shaun Riddle are regulars at a restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas called The West Side Cafe. During their penultimate visit to the cafe, they brought their newborn baby Glory. However, the next time they visited, they were without her.

When their waitress Kayla Lane, who remembered them from their previous visit, asked them where Glory was, the Riddles informed her that she had passed away.

Shocked and ashamed for asking, Kayla did something incredible. She paid for their entire meal out of pocket, and declined a tip from the family.

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We eat at West Side Cafe on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth quite a lot and last month sometime we took our new baby, Glory in….

Posted by Debbie Davis Riddle on Thursday, June 4, 2015

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Suzanne Samin

Suzanne Samin is a former editorial assistant for Kveller.com. She is a writer, editor, social media maven, and recovering local news reporter from NYC. Her writing can also be found on Bustle and xoJane. She is passionate about feminism, politics, pop culture, video games, and cuddly animals. Suzanne received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2013. When she isn't writing, she's working on her feminist fantasy novel and singing improvisational ballads to her corgi.