Duval County

Jacksonville mother meets stranger who bought her child’s birthday cake

By Christy Turner, WFTV.com
By Christy Turner, WFTV.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A stranger bought a child’s birthday cake and left an emotional message inside. Action News Jax tracked down the anonymous woman who paid for the cake at a Publix in Middleburg.

On Wednesday, Action News Jax arranged for the two to meet.

Quick Facts:

  • Action News Jax tracked down the woman who paid for a stranger’s cake in honor of her late son.
  • Carole Jackson said her son Colton passed away in 2011 when he was 11. He would’ve turned 20 Monday.
  • Jackson said she’s been anonymously buying cakes since Colton passed away.
  • Action News Jax arranged for the mothers to meet in person.

“He was my miracle actually. I had him when I was 37 years old. After he was born I had three miscarriages. I knew he was my miracle. He was truly a blessing from God." Carole Jackson said. “He was just a great little boy. Heart of gold.”

The mother who picked up the paid-for cakes, Samantha Huffaker, told Jackson, “I personally wanted to reach out to find you. One, I was curious about, I wanted to know. I wanted to know where you were coming from. Why you started doing this to begin with, and I wanted to thank you."

“He (Colton) was everything. Now it’s finding ways to honor him. That’s what we do,” Jackson said. “We want to do things that he can look down and say that’s my mom and dad.”

Quick Facts:

  • A local mother said she went to pick up two cakes for her son’s first birthday at Publix in Middleburg only to find out it had already been paid for by a stranger.
  • The mother shared the heartfelt gesture on Facebook in hopes of finding the anonymous woman.
  • There was a note from the bakery employee that read a “customer came in who lost her son at a young age and wanted to do something special for another family and their child.”
  • On the receipt, someone wrote “with love from Colton’s heart.”

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