Flight attendant’s handwritten note goes viral

A private encounter between a flight attendant and a mourning mother has gone viral after a handwritten note was shared on Facebook.

Tricia Belstra was on a Southwest Airlines flight on the way to bury her recently deceased son. Not feeling well and wedged between two strangers on the flight, Belstra asked for a diet coke and a water when one of the flight attendants passed through the cabin during drink service.

“I sat in my seat between two strangers holding a barf bag down low between my legs,” Belstra posted onto Facebook.

“Then this young man came by; I wish I would have gotten his name.”

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“He leaned in and asked if I was okay. I told him I was flying back to bury my son. He said he was so sorry and brought me a can of water, a glass of ice and my diet coke.”

That wasn’t the last Belstra had seen of the flight attendant, who handed the grieving mother a napkin as she disembarked the plane at the end of the flight.

“I said thank you and walked out,” she said, not knowing what she held in her hand.

It was a heartfelt letter expressing understanding, support and a lot of love to Belstra, a complete stranger.

“In 2004, my family lost my older brother,” the note said. “As traumatic as it still is for me, I can’t even pretend to truly know the pain you feel as a mother.

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