When we open ourselves up to the kindness of strangers, the possibilities are endless. Christine Royles is just 24 years old and facing a life-threatening illness. In 2013, she was diagnosed with lupus, but this was just the start of her troubles. Royles learned that her kidneys were failing and that she would need a transplant. It was a reality that no one, let alone a 24-year-old mother, should have to face.
Each day, Royles works her shift at Applebee's, then comes home and connects to a dialysis machine for 10 hours. She enrolled in the transplant wait-list, tacking her name onto a list of 100,000 patients — each as deserving as she is.
“I hate taking chances like that. That’s why I made it my mission to find a kidney,” Royles said. On her search to find a kidney donor, Royles used an unusual tactic: She wrote a message on her car window asking for a donor. That's when married couple, Christine and Josh Dall-Leighton, saw the message. Josh instantly knew he had to help. He called Christine, who broke down into tears. After testing, Josh was a match. The father hopes his act of kindness will inspire his three sons.
“I want these boys to know that if somebody needs help, you do whatever you can to help them,” Josh said. “I want them to know these aren’t just words I’m telling them. That I actually did something to help somebody.”
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