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Today in news that will make you want to call your mom, one woman texted her mother that she had a stabbing headache — and her mom caught the next flight out to see her.
22-year-old New York-based writer Grace Li took to Twitter this week with the heartwarming encounter, where it promptly went viral.
“Me on the phone with my mom last night: I’m sick,” she tweeted. “Her: Ok I can catch the next flight. Me: Is that a joke?”
It absolutely was not.
Li attached a photo of her with her mom, Shixia Huang, smiling big in New York City, effectively melting the Internet’s collective icy heart. The tweet has already amassed nearly 10,000 likes, and people have taken to the platform to applaud this adorable mother’s dedication — and likely airline mileage (Texas to NYC is NOT a short trip).
Me on the phone with my mom last night: I'm sick
Her: Ok I can catch the next flight
Me: Is that a joke
Today: pic.twitter.com/ffb4yF1ZGx— Grace Li (@gracedli) March 17, 2018
The first thing she did was zip me to her doctor friend I was like "mom it's fine I'm sure this stabby head pain will pass" and she was like LOL TIME TO SCHEDULE A CT SCAAAAANNNN
— Grace Li (@gracedli) March 17, 2018
Oh my god june you're going to make ME cry she left this morning and cooked enough food for me to last the next three days and ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
— Grace Li (@gracedli) March 20, 2018
Li told Buzzfeed that tickets from Texas to New York were “shockingly cheap,” so her mom “left work, went home and packed, and arrived in New York that night.”
Judging by her subsequent tweets, Grace is now prepped with a doctor visit, food, and all of the devotion a mother can give. She also shared that she spent the weekend “seeing doctors and taking extra-strength Tylenol and watching TV with my mom.”
Lorelai Gilmore has nothing on this woman.
