Here is proof positive that the kindness of strangers is infectious.

Last week, a new mother, Rebekka Garvison, was panicked to fly with her newborn daughter for the first time. She planned to surprise her husband, based in Fort Rucker, Alabama, for the U.S. Army. The 5:30 a.m. flight was packed and quiet, which is why the wails her baby began to make were less than welcomed.

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She spotted a nearly empty row with a woman sitting by the window, while her daughter, Rylee, cried on. “I’m not sure if she could tell how stressed and upset I looked or what, but she turned our day completely around,” Garvison wrote in a Facebook post to thank Nyfesha Miller.

“Rylee wouldn’t stop crying no matter what I would try and do… So she had asked if I didn’t mind if she tried, and of course I let her.”

“Just comes to show you how little acts of kindness really do go a long way.”

The baby stopped crying immediately. Miller insisted she didn’t mind holding the infant, that it was a “comforting feeling” for her.

Here’s the infectious part: Her Facebook post, in which she tells the story and expresses her gratitude for Miller, has been shared by more than 100,000 people since last week. Major media outlets have pounced on the story.

“You could’ve just rolled your eyes and been irritated like everyone else, but you took her and held her the entire flight and let me get some rest and peace of mind,” Garvison wrote to Miller. “It brought tears to my eyes while I sat there and watched you and Rylee sleeping next to me. I just couldn’t believe how that ended up working out and how caring you were to us. Thank you SO much!! God bless!”

Here’s to Nyfesha Miller for her kindness and decency, and to Rebekka Garvison for trusting in the goodness of people and expressing her gratitude.

“Just comes to show you how little acts of kindness really do go a long way,” Miller said in her post.

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