https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 19:33:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-145043 Wed, 02 May 2012 14:37:25 +0000 mediagirl 145043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This made me cry (it's been making it's way around Facebook). I don't think you can blame these tears on pregnancy, though. :)</p> <p>A NYC Taxi driver wrote:</p> <p>I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. ‘Just a minute’, answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.<br /> After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90’s stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940’s movie.<br /> By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.<br /> There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard<br /> box filled with photos and glassware.<br /> ‘Would you carry my bag out to the car?’ she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.<br /> She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.<br /> She kept thanking me for my kindness. ‘It’s nothing’, I told her.. ‘I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother to be treated.’<br /> ‘Oh, you’re such a good boy, she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address and then asked, ‘Could you drive<br /> through downtown?’<br /> ‘It’s not the shortest way,’ I answered quickly..<br /> ‘Oh, I don’t mind,’ she said. ‘I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice.<br /> I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. ‘I don’t have any family left,’ she continued in a soft voice..’The doctor says I don’t have very long.’ I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.<br /> ‘What route would you like me to take?’ I asked.<br /> For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.<br /> We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.<br /> Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.<br /> As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, ‘I’m tired.Let’s go now’.<br /> We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.<br /> Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move.<br /> They must have been expecting her.<br /> I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.<br /> ‘How much do I owe you?’ She asked, reaching into her purse.<br /> ‘Nothing,’ I said<br /> ‘You have to make a living,’ she answered.<br /> ‘There are other passengers,’ I responded.<br /> Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug.She held onto me tightly.<br /> ‘You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,’ she said. ‘Thank you.’<br /> I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light.. Behind me, a door shut.It was the sound of the closing of a life..<br /> I didn’t pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day,I could hardly talk.What if that woman had gotten an angry driver,or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?<br /> On a quick review, I don’t think that I have done anything more important in my life.<br /> We’re conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.<br /> But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-145038 Wed, 02 May 2012 14:32:57 +0000 volksgirl64 145038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, this isn't so embarassing anymore! I cried during the show The Sing Off when Delilah was singing because I were going home but it was before the results. And I sat there thinking, "These girls are singing their ASSES off and they're SO good and they don't deserve to go home and it's so unfair..."<br /> I was thankful DH wasn't around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-144716 Wed, 02 May 2012 10:20:18 +0000 owlwho 144716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 'Dear Sophie' google commercial. It had me crying hysterics.. and "Danny's song,'... even now Danny's song hits a spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-144157 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:00:24 +0000 heffalump 144157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend who cried because she couldn't eat deli meat and she wanted a ham sandwich. A cold one, not hot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143907 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:07:49 +0000 joyjoy 143907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone posted a link on Facebook of this shy teenager on Britain's Got Talent. I started bawling once he started singing because he's amazing and I was so happy for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143893 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:50:25 +0000 purrpletulips 143893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a crying/blubbering mess this past Saturday when we couldn't go to the zoo because of a thunderstorm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143846 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:20:49 +0000 Mrsbells 143846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Random commercials made me cry in the beginning of my pregnancy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143844 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:20:13 +0000 chopsuey 143844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HAHA. It was a good movie, yo!<br /> I don't remember.. wasn't really an emotional preggo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143799 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:55:30 +0000 GrapeCrush 143799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for DH birthday he wanted a specific type of frosting on his cake(a pre made cake from the grocery store) well by the time i got to the grocery store they were all out. i cried because i said i couldn't do anything right, not even get the right frosting. i have no idea why i cried, it just happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143785 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:43:23 +0000 sandy 143785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cried during march madness (not this year but last year) - they were doing a story on a player from Butler - he's from a small town and a humble family with like 8 kids. His dad had only missed like 1 day of work in over 20 years and they couldn't afford to all come watch him play so the whole town pitched in so the family could attend the championship game ad the player is not only a super athlete but excells academically...I was bawling and doing the ugly cry so hard that my husband was almost laughing at how emotional I wa being...fun times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143769 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:37:36 +0000 MamaMoose 143769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This weekend was the marathon in Nashville. I was driving through downtown and there were lots of spectators cheering on the runners from an overpass. I cried because I thought it was so nice that those people were being so supportive of the runners!! My friend thought I was insane. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143739 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:21:25 +0000 sorrycharlie 143739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha..i've written about this on here before, but i sobbed when my local seabra was out of frozen mystic pizza. as well as every other store in our area saying they discontinued it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143735 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 143735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man there have been so many! I would have to say the sillest is when I started to cry during Real Housewives of NJ...really these ladies need no sympathy but I still cried! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-tears#post-143732 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:18:20 +0000 mrsjyw 143732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This past weekend I watched Never Say Never on Netflix (Yes, JUSTIN BEIVER DOCU). And I CRIED. Multiple times. </p> <p>What's your silliest memory of pregnancy tears? </p>