After losing my mother and discovering my husband’s affair while nine months pregnant, I faced everything alone. When I went into labor in a taxi at 3 a.m., the driver—Manuel—was incredibly kind, staying with me at the hospital and later taking my newborn daughter, Chloe, and me home without accepting a cent.
Three years later, I found him selling wooden toys at a market. He and his wife, Sofia, told me that helping me that night had pushed him to leave his late-night cab shifts, pursue woodworking, and ultimately save their struggling marriage.
To repay his kindness, I used my marketing skills to build their online business, which quickly took off. They became like family to us.
It taught me that a single act of compassion can change multiple lives.
