Old Man Helps Single Mom Fix Baby Stroller, Next Day Sees Private Jet Landing For Him

an elderly man comes to the rescue of a single mom when a wheel comes off her baby's stroller days later he finds himself on board a private jet on his way to a tropical location joseph benjamin had few dreams at 72 the widowed father of two knew what life held in store for him every single day he got up when the sun rose and cycled to the bakery for fresh rolls he would then cycle back eat breakfast do some chores and wait for lunch time in the afternoons he pottered around his little workshop and fiddled with his inventions until dinner then he was in bed by sundown life was always the same until he met april and emma that day started out with joe peddling his bike to the bakery but on the way he saw a young woman in a grey tracksuit struggling with an old-fashioned ungainly stroller one of the wheels of the stroller had come off and the woman seemed to be trying to push it back into place while her baby wailed in protest inside the lopsided stroller excuse me joe said gently do you need help the woman looked up and joe saw tears in her eyes yes she said i think i do then to joe's discomfort she started crying please don't cry joe said awkwardly patting the woman's shoulder we'll soon have everything fixed up good as new i'm so stupid the woman sobbed i should never have brought this old stroller out but it was mine when i was a baby you see that's nice joe said i saved up all my children's old toys and my grandkids loved them the woman smiled and said yes i have all my old children's books and toys too but i didn't think the stroller was so wonky it was in the attic of my parents old place and i grew nostalgic let's see what we can do joe said he took his small tool kit from the bike's panniers and knelt by the stroller aha it's not broken one of the lug nuts is loose that's why it popped out joe fiddled with the wheel a bit then said you'd best take the baby out the wheel might give a bit of a jolt when it pops back into place the woman picked up the baby and watched anxiously as joe firmly pushed the wheel back where it belonged there joe cried fixed and ready to roll the woman was smiling happily as she cuddled her baby thank you she cried you're a knight in shining armor you saved my first day back in cheyenne from being a total disaster where were you living asked joe i went to college in california the woman said you're lucky i have never been to california or anywhere i've never seen the ocean joe commented california is lovely the woman said but i want my daughter to grow up in my old home i wish my kids felt the same joe sighed sometimes i go years without seeing them or the grandkids what's your little girl's name emma the woman said and i'm april i'm joke he said shaking her hand your parents are lucky april's eyes filled with tears again they passed away a year ago she explained and i miss them so much listen april joe said how about you and emma have coffee with an old man joe took april and emma to his favorite coffee shop just across the street the two adults chatted while emma lay in her stroller and played with her toes hey joe april said emma and i are going on a little trip tomorrow so how about you join us joe was happy to accept the invitation so april arranged to pick him up at his house early the next morning he was waiting on the porch when a big black car driven by a chauffeur pulled up it was april's car joe was stunned wow he said that's some car but where are we going april who was wearing a big hat grinned it's a surprise and what a surprise it turned out to be the car took them to the airport and right onto the tarmac come on joe april said get out so joe did and had the fright of his life when he saw a beautiful sleek private jet taxiing towards them what's going on joe cried alarmed we're going to the beach april said with a huge grin you're going to see the ocean joe boarded the jet he couldn't believe it me flying he cried seeing the ocean i can't believe it i wanted to surprise you april said because you were a lovely surprise very few people bother to stop and help a mom and distress joe you're a gentleman and you deserve wonderful things as it turned out april had inherited a private jet charter company from her parents and she always had a plane on call from then on joe became a permanent guest on april's holidays and getaways and a granddad to little emma