A Miami Woman’s Small Act of Kindness for a Struggling Mom Proves Compassion Can Give a Family Everything

Lakeisha Webb had been without a stable home for almost a year. The 35-year-old mother of three children was doing everything she could to keep her family together. On days she couldn’t afford a hotel, the family was kicked out with their belongings. Their belongings would disappear before she could get back to them. Lakeisha would have to start all over again.

On December 13, Webb was sitting outside a Publix with her three children when Jennifer Little noticed her. Little was a photographer and had been on her way somewhere when she saw Webb sitting with her head down and the children beside her. She stopped and asked how she was doing. Then she stayed and listened.

Little asked Webb if she could take her photograph. Webb agreed. Little posted the photo and Webb’s story on Facebook. Then she set up a GoFundMe and asked people in her community to help.

The response was much bigger than either woman expected. People who had never met Webb began donating. Within weeks, enough money had been raised to help Webb and her children get an apartment and replace the belongings they had lost.

After nearly a year without a stable home, the family finally had somewhere to live. “You’re amazing and thank you,” Webb told Little. “I don’t know where I would’ve been. Thank you.”

And there’s one detail that makes the story feel especially full circle. Webb now works at the same Publix where she and Little first met. The parking lot where she once sat with her children and didn’t know where they would sleep is now part of her daily life. It all started because one person full of kindness stopped and asked how she was doing. Instead of choosing to walk away like everyone else did.