the kindness of strangers

I must have looked like I needed it because a strange woman, at the hospital, approached me and gave me a big hug and I surrendered and hugged her back the biggest hug. She too was just a family member of a patient.

I don't know her name. I've never seen her before. I'll probably never see her again. We said almost nothing to one another. Just her reaching out and offering a hug.