Each morning, bus driver braids hair for girl whose mother died

[FSogol]

Isabella Pieri has become very good at taking care of herself. The 11-year-old gets ready for school on her own ever since her mother died two years ago from a rare disease.

Her father, who leaves for work early in the morning, has stepped up to the challenge of parenting on his own. But there are a few aspects of having a daughter that remain baffling for him. One of them is her hair.

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Then one day, she noticed that her bus driver, Tracy Dean, was braiding another student’s hair into a style Isabella admired. Isabella told KSL-TV she summoned her courage and asked Dean to give her a hand, too. Dean said she’d be more than happy to. And the braiding began.

“It makes me feel like she’s a mom pretty much to me,” Isabella told KSL. “And it makes me excited for the next day to see what she does.”

Rest of the story here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/04/06/each-morning-bus-driver-braids-hair-for-girl-whose-mother-died/?utm_term=.82daaebb5728&wpisrc=nl_optimist&wpmm=1

[Bayard]

1. Sweet

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a beautiful story! Kudos to all involved in helping this young girl grow up.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Some things only a woman can do.....

The emotional connection to a lost mother to braiding one's hair . This is very powerful.

[Binkie The Clown]

4. True. Imagine for a moment that the bus driver was a man braiding little girls' hair.

He'd end up fired or in jail or both.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. I know some little girls with two dads who would beg to differ.

The dads might do more than beg.

That said, a man should know his limitations. My single-mom downstairs neighbor floated the idea of me taking care of her kid in the morning. I said ok if she is ok with her being blown dry with a leaf blower and sent to school in a hat and sweatpants.

[Wounded Bear]

5. I was a single dad. Never learned to do hair well...

or at least well enough for her.

[iluvtennis]

7. But you tried is what counts. Your daughter(s) will always love you for that.

[Lucinda]

6. Oh my...

[TheDebbieDee]

9. Great "feel good" story - Thanks for sharing!

[FSogol]

10. Anytime. n/t

[WhiteTara]

11. It truly takes a village.

[Heartstrings]

12. You took the words right out of my mouth, WhiteTara!

[WhiteTara]

25. I took them off the cover of Hillary's first book!

[More_Cowbell]

13. There are daddy-daughter hair clubs and YouTube videos

As others have said, it can be bonding time for parents and kids.

This bus driver is doing good work!

[marieo1]

14. Thankful

I feel very thankful that there are still some really good people in our country. It warms my heart.

[FSogol]

15. Most of the people in this country* are good. Its the crappy ones that end up in the news most of

time. That's why I been watching for articles like this, showing people's humanity and decency.


* and world

[Stonepounder]

16. Thanks so much for the story.

There are really an extraordinary number of truly wonderful people out there, who go about doing their jobs and being everyday heroes to other people. We rarely hear about them and they don't seek the spotlight because they don't see themselves as anything other than regular folk.

We have to be reminded during these dark days in Trumpistan that most folks are good. Thanks for posting this story. I needed it this morning.

[SunSeeker]

17. ...

[mfcorey1]

18. How did these tears get on my cheek? A heartwarming story will do it!

[MLAA]

20. Wow, allergies are bad where you live too? 😉

[MLAA]

19. How wonderful. Making such a difference in young lives.

[FakeNoose]

21. Such a wonderful heart-warming story

It makes me realize that most school bus drivers are caring and thoughtful. Thanks for sharing this!

[mainstreetonce]

22. School bus drivers are in charge of keeping lives safe everyday .

They also interact with children on so many levels.

They do not get the thanks they deserve . They get public criticism when something goes wrong.

They are probably not paid a living wage.

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. The hourly wage isn't bad

But they rarely get hours equivalent a full time job.

[Victor_c3]

23. Examples of what is going right in the world...

Stories like those warm my cold and hardened heart. Acts of kindness and humanity of all sizes do so much for the world around us. World religions and everything always try to teach us these sorts of values, but it seems like many people don’t get it.

Selfishly, I love doing something to make some stranger’s day. I feel like a good person as a result - and I’m sure the person on the receiving end feels good too.

That should be a slogan or something..,

“Help others! Not because it’ll make some stranger feel special, but because you’ll feel better as a result!”

[lunatica]

24. This made me cry

Little kids losing a parent...

No act of kindness is too small to do. That was a lovely braid!

Women get the importance and pride of hair. Growing up girls spend a huge amount of time on their hair, dress-ups, all just in play. As teenagers they vary it even more when they add makeup to their experimentation.

It would be a truly odd thing for a father to even understand that, much less help out.

[Bettie]

26. That is sweet

I like hearing that people can still be kind to one another.

[Gothmog]

27. Great story

[Freedomofspeech]

28. What a beautiful story.

[magicarpet]

29. That bus driver is one of the angels in that village.

Helping the little ones grow and seeing their needs provided for.

[Liberty Belle]

30. Very sweet, but she should teach the girl how to braid her hair herself too.

Kids are better at this than you think. At 12, my daughter had her first "job" (tips only) assisting a professional hair braider at an ice rink for the competitors. She was able to do even the most complicated braids--hearts, Renaissance style,
French braids, all by herself as well as any adult.

[lillypaddle]

31. Simple acts of kindness

a few minutes of time

priceless.

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. This is absolutely, positively the best thing I have read all day.

Humanity shines.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. K&R! What a heartwarming story!

Thanks so much for sharing it!