A 93-year-old man decided to hitchhike to store to keep up the tradition of sharing a chocolate bar with his wife.
It was Richard Farmer, a real estate broker, who shared the heartwarming story on Facebook.
He wrote: “I left the office today to go home and grab a quick bite to eat when I saw this elderly man standing with his walker at the corner of San Marino Drive and Lake San Marcos with his thumb out?
“I paused made a u-turn and went back to see if he needed some assistance. I stepped out of my car yelled over the top if he was ok and he said he was trying to get to the 99 cent store about 1.5 miles away.”
Farmer added: “My first thought was this guy was trying to get some food so I decided to spring into action. I had him step up on the curb, I pulled my car over and spent 15 minutes wiping down the handles, seats, dash boards, etc with my Clorox wipes.
“Put on my trusty blue gloves and mask gave him some hand sanitizer and off we went.”
It turned out that the elderly man named Mike just wanted to buy a Hershey’s bar.
“We hustled into the store bought 35 bars of creamy chocolate and got him back home,” Farmer wrote. “I asked what he was going to tell his wife about where the chocolate came from and he said he was going to tell her he met this real nice real estate who gave him a ride.”
His post gained more than 28,000 shares and hundreds of comments, with one writing: “Such a cute couple, sharing their chocolate and no matter the time and obstacles still he is doing everything for her and I bet she also gives everything for him. :)”
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