Soldier stands in the rain you’ll cry when you find out why [Music] the soldier was found standing in the middle of the road what are you doing standing in a storm you find out why you’ll cry are you super curious.
A woman named aaron hester from vinevGrove kentucky was having a tiring and stressful day when returning home in the middle of the road she saw something that restored her hopes and aroused incredible emotions erin has always been a woman very dedicated to her husband and her dreams to achieve her goals she worked side by side with her husband to build a beautiful life together they met very young fell in love immediately that famous love at first
Sight and didn’t take long to get married the life she always wanted that woman’s dream was not only to live next to the man she loved so much she also wanted to see a house full of children spreading joy everywhere soon the couple had their dream come true erin became pregnant with their first child and realized that she was more than right the experience of being a mother was incredible
Within a few years the couple had two more beautiful children everything was as erin always dreamed of she finally had a beautiful family and a great husband but there were things in her life that weren’t really what she wanted and you’ll soon find out what that is super curious on the fateful day of our story she went out to her normal routine she got up earlier than everyone else made breakfast tidied up the kids
Uniforms and woke them up to go to school erin got ready for work and waited for everyone in the kitchen her husband showed up saying good morning and gave her a passionate kiss she found it amazing that even after all these years together they still loved each other very much the children came running into the kitchen were already properly uniformed and gave their parents a kiss
After a few minutes of family breakfast everyone got in the car and erin drove her kids to school then left her husband at work and headed towards the company she worked for not everything is what it seems aaron arrived at the company and swiped her card to punch in as soon as she said good morning to the security guard and went through the door of the place she started to feel a tightness in her chest
She greeted some co-workers and walked toward the desk she worked at every day within a few minutes the boss appeared threw a pile of folders on her desk and rudely ordered her handle everything by the end of the day aaron didn’t say a word the colleagues looked at each other knowing that soon the boss would pass by their desks and do exactly the same yes aaron’s perfect life crumbled every day when she walked into her workplace this happened every day sometimes less
Folders sometimes more folders there was always a lot of work the woman was exhausted from the excess work she was given every day an hour after she had started the chest pain returned along with palpitations headache and difficulty concentrating aaron didn’t know it yet but she was suffering from burnout syndrome which is basically a psychic emotional disorder that causes wear and tear that damages the physical and emotional aspects of
The person leading to professional burnout the woman took some aspirin and kept doing what had to be done until lunchtime which was the only time she felt any peace at lunch time erin texted the nanny making sure she’d picked up the kids and that they were okay the nanny responded positively saying that everything was fine for aaron it was a relief to know that everything was
Okay after all they were her constant motivation to continue where she was at the end of the day she’d finished everything that was asked of her so she stopped by the boss’s office and dropped off the folders she couldn’t wait to get home have her well-deserved rest and see the people she loves so much surprise on the road erin got in the car and grinned from ear
To ear it was a relief to her every time she got in the vehicle to go home as soon as she left the company it started to rain as she was passing an intersection on 144 joe prather highway she was in for an unusual surprise it was raining really hard traffic was jammed in the midst of this chaotic situation aaron was stunned to see a soldier standing outside his car she was trying to understand why that man was standing there in the middle of a storm
Next to her jeep and standing at attention as she looked around for the answer she was shocked to discover why the soldier was there to pay tribute to a funeral procession for a complete stranger aaron was moved by that true demonstration of empathy for others so she thought it was good to photograph that moment and share it on her social networks so that all people could see
The same act that gave her hope and humanity back the woman wrote in the caption i always get frustrated when i see people in their cars not stopping for a procession but this gentleman has gone beyond what you can imagine i believe there is no military rule that forces soldiers to do this seeing the amount of respect this gentleman showed for a family he doesn’t even know made my heart so happy
After the publication in a few days the photo went viral and reached 100 000 shares and 184 000 likes the television channel whas 11 news decided to interview this man of good principles they had some difficulties locating the soldier but later found out that the man in the viral post was actually a colonel his name was jack al usrae he was a senior advisor to the army and national guard of the tennessee army
They contacted him for an interview and asked him some questions and in one of them jack replied i owe this empathy i have for others to my parents jim and judy oh sorry they taught me how to do this from as far back as i can remember ask how he felt that day and how he coped when his photo went viral on social media colonel jack replied so i was surprised how much a simple gesture generated such a huge reaction
My first thoughts that day were how bad the weather was was sure to ease the family sadness i hope my small action would show them that someone cared and empathized with them and what they were going through this story makes it even clearer to us that we don’t need to do much for each other showing empathy is often the best action we can do for our neighbor a new beginning
Maybe you’re wondering what about aaron has her life stayed the same after witnessing colonel jack’s attitude she got into internal conflicts with her emotions she noticed that the colonel had empathized with the funeral of a complete stranger but her boss who had met her every day didn’t have an ounce of empathy for her and her mental health she thought is it really worth to keep putting myself through this
For the first time she had the courage to talk to her husband about everything that was going on at the office and how it was affecting her health her husband had always been very understanding and since he loved her supporting her was almost like an instinct he said that she should not continue in that company even if they were financially tight what he wanted was what was the best for
The woman he loved so much aaron with tears in her eyes hugged him and cried like a small child from that day on she would be a new woman she took her attitude of resigning and with her unemployment insurance decided to undertake and seek a psychological help to fully recover aaron always knew how to make sweets very well this was one of her specialties that her children loved the most
Her talent was used to make a new life she opened a bakery called erin’s cakes and within a few months the business grew exponentially erin felt like she was in a dream she was happy to have a beautiful family and a job she loved so much it’s amazing how a small action that may not be significant to you can change the day and maybe someone’s life just like what happened to erin when she saw colonel jack in the middle of the
Reign so super curious you already know don’t you something small for you can change someone’s life want to do something for someone today.