The kindness of strangers: Two helicopter pilots flew down low to wave to my three-year-old son – he was beside himself with joy

My son adores helicopters, so we waved as hard as possible as it flew past. Then it suddenly looped and came back around in the kindness of strangers series My sister lives in Ukraine; I live in Australia.

We had gone five long years without seeing each other when we finally reunited during a trip to Los Angeles. One day we took my three-year-old son to the beach and spent the afternoon catching up. We had a lot of conversations about people and kindness that day. I told her how I had noticed a softer side to men since having a son. As a woman, you’re often wary of construction workers, for example – what might…