I'll never forget this Korean woman in the Incheon airport, I was travelling with my sister, brother, my partner and my mother. We were travelling to the United States to see my stepdads grave (he was my sister and bros biological Dad he died the year before, he went there to turn his mothers life support off and died himself as well) and visit family.

So we were in the airport, my sister who is 6 starts breaking down, just starts completely screaming. I knew she was triggered, the last time she was on a plane heading to the USA she came home without a family member. So everyone on that trip was not well. My sister, just was so tired and crying and this Korean woman, so nice, so pretty and didn't speak any English. Just bent down to my sister and rubbed her arm and smiled, my sister instantly stopped (which is really hard to do). She looked up at me and rubbed my arm also and then walked away. I think then she knew we were in pain.

For some reason my sister was just calm as can be. I really mentally thanked her for calming her down because there is only so much my 18 year old self then could deal with an emotionally scarred child at that moment. I was about to break down as well.

I think about her sometimes and silently thank her.