Retired Neighbors Come Out as School Kids Get Off Bus, Reason Melts Hearts – ryan

A retired couple from Texas has melted hearts on the internet after their kind, neighborly gesture went viral.

Lidia Barcenas Rodriguez, 40, captured the heartwarming moment when her retired neighbors, Diana and Mario, stepped out of their front door to hand-deliver Easter baskets to the schoolchildren as they came off the bus.

“At first, I wasn’t sure why they were standing outside and when I realized I thought how sweet and started recording,” Rodriguez told Newsweek.

The mom of three posted the clip on her TikTok account, @lilybakesstudio, showing a stream of kids graciously accepting their Easter baskets from the kind neighbors. The contents included candy and Easter eggs, along with stickers.

“(My) kids were so excited they rushed home and opened them and immediately started eating the candy,” Rodriguez told Newsweek.

The clip, which has been viewed 7 million times on TikTok, was met with praise and admiration for the selfless retired couple.

“The happiness that was shared on the corner of that street will live forever. Those two are showing those kids color doesn’t matter, gender doesn’t matter. Love matters,” one user commented.

“I am actually crying so hard this is so sweet I just love older people,” another wrote.

Speaking about her reaction when she saw her neighbors giving the gift baskets, Rodriguez told Newsweek that it was an example to follow: “To see them take the time and do this just warmed my heart and gave me (a) goal for the future.”

Some users encouraged Rodriguez to ensure her kids acknowledged the gesture with a thank you note, but she took it to the next level.

After the kids received their baskets, the mom thought it was only right to return the favor. In a follow-up video on her profile, her two children knock on the couple’s door to deliver their own Easter gifts.

When Diana opened the door, she was visibly touched by their gifts and gave each child a hug.

In the comments, Rodriguez said that her family spent the afternoon with the couple and that they were “so sweet.”

As for Diana and Mario?

“We told them yesterday the video had gone viral and that news outlets were reaching out,” Rodriguez said. “They were so excited.”

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