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Several years back, a bad car accident left Darlene, a waitress at a New Jersey diner, with painful injuries and a heavy financial burden.


The impact of the crash loosened every tooth in her mouth. Darlene was left with missing, cracked and damaged teeth she couldn’t afford to fix. Though she tried to smile through the tears, her teeth constantly reminded her of her pain.

Six years later, a random chance encounter changed everything. Darlene was at work, waiting on a man named Kevin and his wife. The couple instantly noticed she looked down and depressed. “There was no smile, there was no anything.”


Kevin invited Darlene to vent about her feelings, right there at his table. She was overwhelmed by the man’s compassion and his willingness to simply listen to a stranger.

Then, as Darlene was processing the couple’s check, she noticed Kevin scribbled “$22.02” on the receipt. To her, the number 222 holds particular meaning, as it was her late father’s lucky numbers. “If you ever see 222, I’ll be thinking of you,” he’d tell her.

Darlene took the number as a sign from above, and decided to pay Kevin’s bill out of her own pocket to thank him for his kindness.

But she had no idea Kevin was a dentist — and a few weeks later, he returned to the diner with an unbelievable offering.

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