To have been so touched by this woman it made me cry?

[Megatron]

On way home from school with DS (7) and DD(5). A very elderly lady that I sometimes see round and about was coming the other way so I said 'hello' etc and she stopped to chat. She couldn't stop looking at DD and eventually said that she's seen us around before and that DD looks so like her own little daughter who passed away when she was 4 many, many years ago. She was so lovely and asked me if I minded if she touched DD's cheek. I said of course not, she touched her very gently on the cheek and a wee tear rolled down her face. It was heartbreaking and so touching. I'm well aware that this sounds very soppy but my heart ached for her. I'm still blubbing.

[lady007pink]

Poor lady! Oh you have me blubbing now OP!

[GetOrfMo1Land]

Oh bless her. And bless you for still crying!

[StrugglingSlightly]

That's just heartbreaking.

[sfxmum]

it is not being soppy it it just showing empathy with mother's misfortune

[Hardgoing]

Well, that's set us all off on a Friday afternoon, sniff, sniff.

[ditavonteesed]

that is utterly heart breaking

[DizzyCow63]

I'm crying too, that poor woman carrying her heartbreak for so long

You sound lovely by the way OP.

[cantpooinpeace]

Awwwww, thank god you did the sensible thing and let her stroke her cheek. I bet she's wanted to for so long and probably felt good to her and brought back some almost real memories :( and :)

[SleepyFergus]

Not BU at all. What a lovely thing you did. Poor lady, Cannot possibly imagine what it must be like to lose a child and wonder what he or she would have been like. Got me welling up here.

[Abra1d]

I'm so glad you were kind to her. It will have made her so happy.

[LaurieFairyCake]

Sniff.

Makes me want to adopt her. The granny, not your cutie.

[PattySimcox]

[ScarlettIsWalking]

Crying too here. Heartbreaking :((

[HalfTermHero]

Tears here too. So sad but what a kind decent person you are, OP.

[PosiesOfPoison]

[ChooChooWowWow]

Awww and bless you for being so kind and letting her stroke your dd.

My dd (4) is throwing a spectacular tantrum at the moment and I've being ignoring her so I can MN . I'm now going to stop and spend some time with her because though she is driving me crazy I couldn't imagine life without her.

[nokissymum]

A million emotions must have gone through that gentle touch of the cheek a million memories in just one touch.

Well done op, she must have ached to do that for so long.

[aliceliddell]

Would cry if dp wasn't here. Reminded me of the neighbour in 'The Lovely Bones' (where I did cry)

[caramelwaffle]

Oh bless.

[Dillinger]

[AnyPhantomFucker]

bloody hell, I have something in my eye..

[hatesponge]

v sad :( bit of a sniffle here too. but thank you OP for being so kind to a lady you didn't really know, am sure it meant such a lot to her.