@thediaryaceo: In 2016, three-year-old Brooklyn Andracke of Bloomington, Illinois, had developed a simple Thursday ritual: she waited for garbage collector Delvar Dopson to drive past her home so she could wave to him. Dopson would honk, flash the truck’s lights and wave back. Her mother, Traci, said Brooklyn looked forward to that moment every week, and Dopson later revealed that he looked forward to seeing her too. When Brooklyn’s third birthday fell on a Thursday, she saved one of her cupcakes for Dopson. Her mother waved him over, and Brooklyn became so excited that she was nearly speechless as she handed him the treat. The following week, Dopson returned with a surprise of his own. After learning that Brooklyn loved Frozen, he and his wife prepared a basket filled with Frozen-themed toys and art supplies for her. Their friendship continued after the viral moment. Brooklyn made Dopson a handmade thank-you sign, and the story spread widely because it showed how something as small as a weekly wave could turn into a genuine friendship between two people who might otherwise never have met.

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