The parents have stored all the hand-written notes on messages in a scrapbook for their daughter.
Sometimes all it needs is little kindness from someone to make you feel better in gloomy times, and that’s exactly what happened when two scared parents were anxious to travel with their 8-day-old little daughter on a flight. Thanks to two flight attendants on the flight, who not only provided them with great service but went above and beyond to throw them a special baby shower, realising the couple was going home after adopting the little one.
Dustin and Caren Moore were bringing their newborn baby girl home to California from Colorado when flight attendants stepped in to make the occasion even more special as they asked other passengers if they wanted to write message for the new parents. Fellow passengers were thrilled and the journey turned into something special from a nervous voyage.
Moore took to Twitter to share the heartwarming story, writing that it was important to him to show how the kindness shown by two complete strangers, Bobby and Jenny, members of a Southwest Airlines flight had an impact on his family. Halfway through the flight, their infant awoke and grew fussy, indicating it was time for a diaper change and it was then when they came across Jenny.
When asked by a flight attendant why they were traveling with such a small baby, the Moores shared a bit of their story, and soon the whole plane knew. Then Booby came and congratulated them and soon announced about the little passenger on intercom, and “the entire cabin erupted in cheers and applause,” he wrote online.
Not too long ago, my wife and I boarded a @SouthwestAir flight with our recently adopted infant daughter.
W/ clearance to return home to California, my wife carried our precious bundle, while I offered numerous apologies to passengers while maneuvering the aisle with 4 bags. /2
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
After a change, Jenny and another passenger complimented my beautiful daughter and politely asked what had prompted a flight with such a young infant.
I gave them the shortened adoption story, to which they hastily offered congratulations, and shared a few more kind remarks. /4
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
“He then shared that the crew would pass out pens and napkins to everyone, and anybody who wanted to share a word of advice or encouragement for our family was welcome to do so. We sat in speechless gratitude, as people kept peeking over their chairs to congratulate us,” he added to the Twitter thread.
After reading out a few special messages, the cabin crew member handed the new parents some 60 napkin notes and a set of pilot wings for their daughter.
Then, we heard the intercom. The attendant Bobby came on and announced a special guest on the flight. Our daughter. “She’s just been adopted by her parents Caren and Dustin, and is making her way home.”
The entire cabin erupted in cheers and applause. /6
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
The crew gathered the napkins, then read a few of their favorites over the intercom.
“Rub each other’s feet, and rub the baby’s feet.”
“Make time for date night.”
“Always tell her you love her.”
“Enjoy every minute. It goes by sooo very fast.”
“Drink lots of wine!” /8
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
When asked what led to this special thought, Moore learnt that the flight attendants are married to each other, and it was a way to pay it forward as someone had done something similar on their honeymoon flight.
When I had spoken w/ Jenny, she thought it was a perfect opportunity to pay forward the kind act they had been shown on their honeymoon.
Even as we disembarked, people kept approaching us and wishing us well, and complimenting our beautiful daughter. Our hearts were full. /10
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
“Our hearts were full,” he wrote. “But there’s more. What all of those perfect strangers and attendants did not know, was the emotionally tender state of two brand-new parents. Parents who after 9 years of trying had been blessed with their first child. Parents who felt scared, but determined in their new role.”
The outpouring of love from that flight, brought on by the actions of two thoughtfully observant flight attendants… it exceeds my ability to describe what it meant to us. How much those wings and written notes uplifted two new parents determined to love their new daughter. /12
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
This website is used oft as a means to share what’s wrong.
I hope you’ll take time to share what is good. In a world of turmoil, don’t forget to showcase the Bobby’s and Jenny’s, the kind strangers out there.
And if they don’t cross your path, be one. Seek good, or create it. pic.twitter.com/XMxkJXkh18
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
“I want people to take away from this that there’s a lot more good going on in the world than you might consider,” he told Good Morning America after the thread went viral.
“For an entire crew of strangers to come together like that, to partake like that, to show us that kind of love and kindness meant everything to us,” he told Washington Post.
The sweet gesture by the cabin crew earned plaudits online and the airline company too in a statement dubbed them as “assets”. “We join in the new parents’ joy and wish them a lifetime of love and baby snuggles,” the statement added.
