Unknown to the woman, this lovely gesture was being recorded by Jason Yoshino, who later uploaded the video to his Facebook page where it has since gone viral.
A young mum, Katie Kanefke, was attempting to return three boxes of nappies at the checkout as the store didn’t match a competitor’s price; Carol stepped in and offered to pay for the whole lot.
Carol has since said the decision was an easy one: “I thought, ‘If she needs diapers, she must have a little one.’ Little ones are close to your heart when you’re a grandmother.”
Needless to say the mum was overwhelmed with the grandmother’s kindness, telling local newspaper, Argus Leader: “I couldn’t believe it. I was shocked. I kept saying thank you and God bless you. Then I walked out in the parking lot and started crying. It just hit me. It was an awesome statement of what God’s love does.”
What a lovely gesture.