Single mom Lauren Ball wanted to give her son the Harry Potter birthday he always wanted. Unfortunately, her planning soon added up to more than $700 in expenses.
Determined to make her son’s birthday special, she started picking up extra shifts as a waitress at a Waffle House in Kingsport, Tennessee.
One night Lauren had an entertaining conversation with a few of her patrons revolving around their mutual love for Harry Potter and her future plans for her son’s birthday party.
After she brought the two young men their bill, Lauren was shocked to see what was written on the tip line.
“When I saw that it said $600, I started hysterically crying. That’s like three paychecks!” Ball told TODAY. “I asked why they’d do such a generous thing for a complete stranger and they said they just like to help people. Even the cook came over to make sure they were being serious.”
Her final reaction? “The fact that someone would do something so nice for me, it’s just the craziest thing to me,” Ball said. “I can’t thank them enough.”
