A father in Fort Worth, Texas, was left in tears after a stranger paid for his family’s breakfast and wrote a heartfelt message on the receipt.

The 41-year-old was enjoying a morning out for breakfast with his wife and three children at Mimi’s Cafe when he earned the shout-out from a secret admirer.

As they were getting ready to pay, the waitress unexpectedly told Dr. J. Mack Slaughter that their $85 bill had already been settled.

She handed him the receipt and he was stunned to find a handwritten note on the bill which said ‘Thank you for being a great dad’.

When he flipped the receipt over, J. Mack found another message from the stranger, rich with compliments:

“From a dad to dad.

“Thank you for being the dad they need you to be regardless of who’s watching.

“We need more men like you. Thank you for letting us all see your love for them all.”

It was signed, ‘from, a retired Army Medic’.

The Emergency Room physician told news agency SWNS.com, “I immediately welled up.”

“I couldn’t control my tears.

“There was nobody watching for my reaction—(as) the person was already gone. It was just pure kindness.”

The dad, who was wearing his hospital scrubs, had been playing a simple dot game with his kids at the café and had no idea someone was observing him.

After regularly witnessing tragic events at work, he said the act restored his faith in humanity.

“I see some of the most terrible things in the world but this reminded me that complete strangers can do miraculous, beautiful things when you least expect it.

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“It was just $85 to them, but to me it was so much more.

“These random acts of kindness are so powerful; they remind us that despite all the bad in the world, there’s so much good, too.

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“It just restores your faith in people,” he concluded.

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