He's 2, she's about to turn 100. They've formed a friendship across a backyard fence you have to see
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2021
- "Cane Ball" is one of the made up games 2-year-old Benjamin Olson and 99-year-old Mary O'Neill play across their backyard fences. The two became best friends when both were stuck at home during the pandemic and still play nearly every day.
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He’s in the beginning of his life, she’s at the end of hers.
So powerful and touching.
Such powerful words so true
God bless 🙏 them
Yes it's amazing 😢story
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@@sipvypkbj103 El está al final de la vida de Ella. Ella está al principio de la vida de El.
He is the angel she needed in her last years of life🥰🥰
Yes. ❤❤
@Food and Friendship
100%
And she is the angel he needed in his first years.
@@afriend621💯💯❤️❤️❤️
I know that one. My daughter got a very sick foster newborn a few years after I was widowed, and his care required my homeopathic and nutritional expertise. Having Purpose is very needed. He's 6 now. Praise God!
She passed away in June 2023 at the age of 101
God bless her beautiful soul.
May she rest in peace. And Thanks for the update.
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I'm certain Benjamin is missing Mary.
Okay, I’m crying. Such a beautiful, heartwarming story. My mother died 2 years ago at the age of 102 and this wonderful lady so reminds me of her. Thank you for sharing this.
I had a little prayer for you ❤️. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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So sorry for your loss😥.
I agree it's a beautiful story ❤️
I m glad your mother made it to 102 That s really an accomplishment Kate Spear My mother was 82 when she died I ll be 62 in fall My grandfather really wanted to live to be 100 I guess that was not meant to be He was 96
What a great friendship they have. This lil boy has no idea that he is making this lady's final years so much happier and full of love. I bet you her health hasnt even declined since he was born. Kids give the elderly strength and youth. It's why I love intergenerational daycares and activities
There was a Jewish lady who was over 100 and helped small kids read. They called her Grandma Ruth.
@@pauljordan4452 that is so freaking cool.
I’m working with some children being introduced to an elderly population. Would love stories about Grandma Ruth if you have them!
@@snickersblah It's on UA-cam. Look it up.
My boys have a relationship with our neighbor, who's in her 90s. She used to bake for them every week until she got sick. She still does but not as often. Every time they see her in the yard, they be yelling out to her. She's hard of hearing so u know how that goes. She puts their photos on her fridge and tell her company those are her grandsons.
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What a sweet lady, thank you for sharing the heartwarming story 👍💕
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That wasn't just dirt Benjamin gave to Mary. That was pure golden love 💖💖
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It sure was!!
A fairy dust; to ease her way
@Leo Maxwell Well said!!! Very true it's fairy dus
@Leo Maxwell Well said!!! Very true it's fairy dus
This reminds me a lot of a neighbour I used to have as a very young kid. She was in her 90s and had no family that lived near her, and while I don’t remember how it happened exactly, me and her became really close friends despite our age difference and she was also like the grandmother I never had as I lived in a very toxic family and only met my grandparents a handful of times. I used to bring her flowers and rocks from my backyard as a gift and in the summers I would go swimming in her pool and she would always bake cookies and bring me lemonade. I also used to help her clean her house and do other chores like walking her dog. She was always there for me when my parents fought and when I was having problems at school. She was an amazing woman and I’ve never met anyone as caring and loving as she was all these years later. She sadly passed away exactly one week before my 10th birthday but I will never forget her. It is wonderful that Mary & Benjamin have each other. ❤❤
That's a wonderful experience to have someone so kind and consistent in your younger years. I am sure her spirit is still watching over you. ❤❤
Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory
Was so lovely to read.. for both of your sake❤
Is it any wonder Benjamin is such a pure soul, one only need look at his Parents to work out why!
It’s beautiful that she has a best friend to spend her last years of life with. He’s a sweet kid. ❤
The Mom’s tears of joy for this beautiful bond her son has made me tear up….. angels among us for sure❣️
Indeed! 👍👏💕
This is what I remember neighborhoods being like. So sweet ❤
Yes !!!
That is a beautiful story about love and friendship! They both needed each other. I wasn't allowed to have friends as a child so I sought out the elderly neighbors around me. They taught me cards, dominos, music, current events, etc... They shared their life stories and listened to mine. They bought me school supplies and shoes. I wouldn't have thrived if it wasn't for these cotton candy haired lovely people! All children should be so blessed to form a bond like these two sweeties! ❤
In England there was a study done a year or so ago - and documented for television - taking children under five into nursing homes where many wonderful friendships were soon formed between the children and the elderly. Medically it turned out to be very physically healthy for the old folks as they were energized by the kids, and mentally the children benefitted from the special interest taken in them. Win/Win. Need more of these kinds of programs for sure!
I'm 63, and I have a 2 1/2 yr old little neighbor boy (and his Mom and Dad), that are like my own kids and grandson. His name is Lorenzo, and the friendship we have is also very special.
Ahhhhhh mannnnn. I cried with joy. That's nice dirt. How sweet.
God bless them both! 100 years old and she's still so loving and sweet to the baby boy, and can still have fun with him! This is so heartwarming! I'm hoping she lives long!
What a sweet lady. I wish that one of her grandchildren lived around her. At her age, someone should be near. She is such a sweet lady. I would want to spend as much time with her as possible. They are blessed to have her healthy at that age. My grandmas are gone, and I teared up watching it. She reminded me in different ways of both of them.
She reminded me of my grandma too. And I hope if we live to their age, we're delightful sweethearts like this woman is 💕♥
The most beautiful news story I’ve ever heard in 57 years, thank you, for sharing such a extraordinary charming story of true humanity. God Speed & God Bless all of you , your families are truly an antidote of the true beauty within the indelible spirit of Americana.
This is an enriching friendship for all of them .Nowadays too many children and older people don't get to meet and mix
That s true Janet Holden
This is so sweet. Benjamin gives her joy and he looks forward to playing with her and sharing his dirt. What a great friendship.
Such a precious story and allowing your son to do that is such a wonderful jester
I think you meant "gesture", not "jester".
Gesture. Jester is the wise clown a king employed. The Fool in King Lear is an example.
If good tears could change the world, it would change with this video. I’m sure we are all weeping as we watched this. My favorite line “that’s good dirt!”
I'm crying too! Such a sweet little friendship for both, the little boy and the elderly lady. They have the sweetest and caring hearts. This was no accident, but a planned arrangement by God.
Amen ❤️
Amen ❤
Yes!
“Thank you! Ooooh, that’s nice dirt!” She’s amazing 😂❤
I am so glad I ran across this beautiful story. What a wonderful world we could have if more people were like the old woman and Benjamin!
May Benjamin's life be as long and climax with the same love ❤️ that he is sharing with this beautiful woman
It was a privilege to witness this relationship. That kind of purity is heartwarming 💕 The mother of Benjamin is also a special angel 😇
Mary's brother Robert was my grandfather. I have memories of her father William, a sweet man. Willian Moore, his son Robert Moore, my father Ralph Moore then came myself and 2 sisters, my son Jason Elwood, his son Tyler just this last year had a daughter making that 6 SIX generations between Mary and Lily Sue! Not many families have that! 🥰(Cynthia Elisif Moore/Elwood/Temple/Cowell currently residing in Hayward WI)
How amazing, and thank-you for sharing with us.
I can’t believe she has no family near her that could take care of her. That’s so sad. Have none of her children or grandchildren or great-grandchildren offered to take her in? Thank God for her neighbors!
This was a story from a year ago, her daughter is close and checked in many times a week for all her needs. She has always been a strong woman. Thank you for your concern!
@@cindycowell2579 I’m glad to hear it but I still think it’s sad at that age to live alone.
Àm glad I get to watch this it's beautiful. I love her independence baby was born to be her best friend . Everything is done in God's time❤
It takes a village, even those who are not related to a kid. My kids had a great gma, a great,great aunt , and a great great uncle in their lives for some time. And the love between them was beautiful to witness. They are gone now, but my kids still have those memories.
What a blessing it would be to grow old (many will never know about growing old) and then on top of this find a new best friend next door who is 2! I would say they match as best friends because their hearts are both pure. ❤
Mary is like a great grandma to him. She's amazing.
We had an elderly person in our neighborhood that was everyone's grandma. She was so sweet and everyone loved her. My grandfather, on the other hand, was evil to his core. No child should have been anywhere near him. We have to remember that just being old doesn't make someone good
Please Invite your elderly neighbor over for tea or something….every week. I can’t explain their loneliness. Usually the crankier they are, the lonelier.
Yes she is right
My neighbour is an 83 year old gentleman who served in the air force and was a commercial pilot. He manages alone after his wife died of Alzheimer's disease after 55 years of marriage. I wish I had his strength.
@J Bird Well, his son is schizophrenic and his doesn't often see his daughter and grandchildren.
He's a great old gentleman and I work at home writing e-books and for my parents. I have hallucinations because of a stroke, and have more in common with grandfathers than 40 year old guys from my high school. Life isn't so easy. But that gentleman has lived a rich life.
Weeping right now because I've become a cranky old lady. Didn't realize why until I read your comment. Bless you.
@@semajjiman I pray you’re surrounded by a small group of quality people.
This is one of the sweetest stories. My best friend growing up was my great aunt. She was like a big kid to me. No one will ever take her place, and I miss her forever. The world needs more feel good news stories like this. Too much focus on all the bad.
WHAT A BEAUTIFULLY HEART WARMING STORY, AGE REALLY KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
MAY THEY BE BLESSED WITH MANY MORE HAPPY MOMENTS.
I love the friendship not many people have it’s an huge blessing
An absolutely beautiful and heartwarming story, and boy do we need this kind of inspiration. Just a pure and honest friendship between 2 lovely souls.
I hope this friendship is still going strong. Such a lovely heartwarming story. It made me cry. I love how she has pictures of the children. It shows how much she cares for them and also how much the parents care to give her photos of their children.
What a beautiful story and wonderful friendship. Brings tears to my eyes.
That elderly woman, is so coherent.
Happiness is a lifetime friend; she'll have Benjamin for the rest of her life, and he'll never forget his best friend, Mary O'Neill.
This friendship proves to teenagers there is no generation gap. Such beautiful friends!
I love this ❤ the news actually showing a nice story. That lady is an angel, and the little boy doesn't realize now, but he is filling a void in her heart. You can tell just by looking into her eyes.
So wonderful. My Mother has always been a warm sunny woman and doesn't know a stranger. In her neighborhood, when my own family needed to stay with my parents for awhile, we would walk with her around, and literally everyone she saw knew her and exchanged greetings.
This hits me so hard.I miss my grandma so bad.😢
I'm sure they helped each other in many ways human eyes can't see, I hope he never forgets her.
I love these two!! I have such a friend, he's 11 and I'm 67, so not as much an age difference. I just moved away from my friend and I miss him more than anything else I left behind.......
You must have treated him like a grandson.
@@pauljordan4452 I hope so. He did more for me!
She doesn’t hold a phone to her ear or give her full attention to a lap top or video games. What’s important is that she was lonely as well as the child, and they formed a friendship out of a need that turned into a healthy, beautiful relationship.
The lesson is that children, are the future and should be seen and appreciated, and the elderly have wisdom, and the time to share it. ❤
"Oh, I'm gonna get some dirt." 😅
I love it, love it.
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I wasn't raised around my grandparents, and I'm a caregiver now for the elderly. I absolutely love conversations with seasoned people. ❤️
People who had salt and pepper sprinkled over them?? 🤣
This is so wholesome 🥺🥺 Such a heartwarming friendship and a precious bond ❤️This is what we need more of in our world
"Friends are the family that you make for yourself."
None of my grandparents or other extended family lived near our family until one grandmother briefly lived three miles away. So I adopted a grandmother from our village church. She taught me what I call "the friendship habit". Written on a figurine above her kitchen sink were these words:
"Make new friends.
Keep the old.
One is silver,
The other gold."
No friendship is "unlikely". And as I say,
"The bonds of friendship can never be broken."
This story brought tears of happiness to my❤. This is how we all should be...pure unconditional love. Peace and Love to everyone!
With tears and love in my heart l wish l could have had a neighbor like her l lost my mom two years ago and l miss her each day. How l wish l could have a sweet neighbor like that, for there is no age gap between love and friendship as these two have proven.
Bless those neighbors who fostered the joy and love that the family couldn’t/weren’t able to foster. Takes a tribe to raise a newborn but also to make sure elderly people have the interaction they need. Bless all of you all❤️❤️
Such a heartwarming story. Age makes no difference in a friendship. How lucky they found each other. He will never forget her. ❤❤❤
I am seriously crying, this is so Beautiful. I needed a good cry on a bad day and this was it. I feel 100% better watching this. God Bless Mary and Benjamin ❤
Amy: Do you need a hug? 🤗🤗
I agree with your comment, but I'm stressed and missing my grandfather, eight years after he died.
@@pauljordan4452 Everyone could use a Hug! I still miss my Dad after he passed 22yrs ago. I'll send you a hug 🤗
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Her family is missing out on such a loving woman. Her family should be ashamed of themselves for not finding a way to have her with them.
Exactly. Why is she alone? That’s terrible.
Mary is an adult. Maybe she likes living on her own.
@@jasonmack2569 It reminds me of the story of a 98 year old retired Japanese medical doctor. He outlived his wife and children but helped at the neughbouring preschool and studied languages, living to a healthy 106. It's on UA-cam somewhere.
The reporter said that the lady has got a daughter that visits every sunday, who is so happy for their friendship!
Please don't judge, we don't know what their lives are like!
Heart touching and brought me back to when I was 4, brought me to tears. We were a new & young family renting the top floor of a big victorian house with a huge porch in the front circa 1972. My Mary was named Mabel in her 70's & I have never forgotten her. She was my first friend. GREAT STORY, Thank you
Es una dulce historia que debería ser común entre adultos mayores, pero lamentablemente una y otra vez la soledad y la indiferencia golpea a los ancianos. Felicidades por esa enriquecedora relación!
Mira. Es como bisabuela y bisnieto.
Well this is a tear shedding story. What beatiful story. Ben gives her something to look forward to. We need to have a purpose. Thank God for Bens gental spirit.
Tears - for both of them. That was one soul finding another. Bless their families.
My Grandma was my BEST friend--she passed in 2008 just shy of her 95th b'day--I miss her every day and as I will soon turn 65--she's been dearly missed now for 15 years
That is one seriously heart warming story.
The lady looks fabulous for 100 & I think the young lad's friendship is doing her a world of good.
Great work everyone, keep it there.
A young heart will keep an old heart beating ❤️
Friends for ever.
This is beautiful. It made my heart full. My neighbor had a granddaughter that they (the mother and grandmother) taught to humiliate me, and ask obnoxious intrusive questions that were way beyond her three years, regarding my condition. I barely go outside anymore. Those are good parents and he is a wonderful little boy.
Elderly has a nice personality ,some old people can be obnoxious, blessings on both of them.
So nice to see! We all need a friend. Even a child is know by his doing. He will surely be in her will. Good for them!
More heart warming stories like this. We prefer the kind and the beautiful over the brutal and the ugly. Life can be beautiful wherever there is respect and consideration.
“Ooooh, that’s nice dirt!” So cute and funny :))
Age doesn't matter in friendships 😊 that's precious moments she'll cherish til the last days of her life. And that's enough joy to carry through 😊
I would love an update on this story. Is she still living (I hope so)? If so, I would love to see how their friendship has progressed now that she would be turning 102 and he'd be turning 4 or 5 years old.
Happy Birthday Grandma. You survive all obstacles, difficulties, hardships. You have shared nurtured, give life , joy to your family and neighbors and friend. You are our inspiration that life is beautiful. God bless you! Sending a bunch of flowers and a happy birthday cake for you. Am sure it will be a great birthday coming.
I had a similar experience with two older grandmothers who lived next door, and across the street when I was growing up. I still have a crocheted vest one of them made for me, and I'm in my mid 60's now. I still remember them, and apparently, they cried the day we moved away (when I was 5).
I'm sorry Mary lives alone. It just breaks my heart. How fortunate Benjamin lives next door and fllls that void.
Just beautiful and no technology anywhere, just pure joy.
So lovely. Those children will remember that beautiful lady for the rest of their lives.
My goodness they made me cry 🙌🏻🦋 Benjamin has beautiful parents with a mom with a beautiful heart ♥️
Sweet granny and precious child. Bound in friendship, united by love.
Whoever pieced this together did a beautiful job.
beautiful story!
kind hearted parents make kindhearted kids.
what a lucky pair!
Can’t believe people move away from their grandparents my great grandmother passed when she was 92 we used to have e coffee dates every days when I was in elementary school I used to ride my bike to her house I had a big smile on my face she was so kind and beautiful she used to grab my face with her wrinkly hands and kiss me every time I missed her so much RIP LOVE YOU ABUELITA TIOLA ❤❤❤
What a beautiful story!!
A friendship sent from heaven. So heartwarming it made me cry.
She is so blessed to have that elderly woman share sooo much kindness and love towards her and her sons. A beautiful friendship for all of them. What a wonderful story!!
So sweet. So much to learn from a child's tender heart❤️
The sweetest thing I have ever heard off. Thank you for sharing little man. Stay and keep this lady young.
A very heartwarming story!!
That was so heartwarming❣️ Thank you!
What a precious old lady .... special how they formed a friendship
Everyone should have this type of remember my little lady next door she was everything to me
I can't love this enough. Blessings to all of them!
This is so precious...
I love her genuine spirit. 🩵 So sweet.
Very heartwarming! ❤ and greetings from Vancouver BC!
Thank you for this heartwarming story!
Precious. Just precious. ❤❤❤
No words!!! Only pure love!!!❤
This brings tears to my eyes. It’s wonderful friendship between 2 angels🙏❤️
Yes, my eyes misted over. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story of friendship.
they made me cry, beautiful