When college student Casey Fischer went to a Dunkin Donuts shop one morning to grab her coffee, she never expected to have an interaction with a stranger that would change both of their lives forever.
She saw a man singing on the roadside and collecting change. Later, she noticed that same man walking into Dunkin as he counted his change to see if he had enough to buy something. The sight of him fumbling for enough change to buy a simple cup of coffee was heartbreaking.
Casey describes herself as getting “super annoying” as she tries to strike up a convo with a man who clearly didn’t want to be talked to, but she kept going anyway. She found out his name was Chris.
She bought Chris a bagel and coffee and asked him to sit down with her to talk.
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Shocked by her kindness, he began to open up to Casey and tell her that people are generally pretty mean to him because he’s homeless.
As their conversation continued for another hour, he poured out about how he never knew his father and he lost his mom to cancer. He admitted that all he wants to do is turn into a man that his mother could be proud of.
Lost in his story, Casey realized that she needed to get back to class, but Chris asked for her to hold on just a moment so he could write something down real quick.