Melbourne mother Danielle Brown’s act of kindness reveals a heartbreaking story about her husband’s cancer battle

A mother of four whose husband is battling cancer has turned her family’s life around after she showed a stranger incredible kindness.

Danielle Brown, from Melbourne, had put her groceries in the trunk of her car in a parking lot when a stranger asked her for some money for a bus ticket.

Mrs. Brown didn’t hesitate and gave the man some money. She ended up giving the man $20 because she didn’t know how much a ticket cost.

When asked why she was willing to hand over the money, Mrs Brown said that ‘everyone is going through their thing’, and revealed that her husband had been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer.

What Ms. Brown didn’t know was that she was being filmed, and the stranger was social media star Samuel Weidenhofer, who has more than a million followers on Instagram.

In gratitude for her kindness, Mr. Weidenhofer gave her the $20 back, along with $1,000 in cash, for a family vacation. She also received a $2,000 gift from the Derrimut Gym team.

Images of the meeting have now gone viral, with Mr Weidenhofer also having a GaFundMe for the family, which has raised more than $31,000 to date.

The stranger was actually social media star Samuel Weidenhofer, who gave the mother of four $1,000 in exchange for her kindness. He has also launched a GoFundMe for her family

Mrs Brown’s husband, Murray, was on the brink of death 12 years ago when he underwent a double lung transplant.

Mr Brown, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition that affects the lungs, pancreas and other organs, had made a good recovery and was living life to the full with his wife and four children, aged two to six, when he died last year. had an attack.

A tumor the size of an apple was found in Mr Brown’s brain. A biopsy confirmed he had stage three brain tumors.

The father is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments to give him as much time as possible with his family.

“Everyone goes through their own thing, we learned that the hard way and if you can be kind, why not?” Ms Brown told Mr Weidenhofer in the video, which has been viewed more than two million times on TikTok.

‘My husband was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, it is incurable, it can last twelve months.

Danielle’s husband Murray Brown (pictured with their children) was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer last year

‘We would love to go on holiday, we would all love to do that, but it’s money.’

The couple appeared on Seven News and thanked donors for their fundraising campaign.

“We’ve been reminded recently that we don’t know what people are going through,” Ms. Brown said.

Her husband said it was “very shocking” to hear his cancer was incurable.

“It hangs over you, but the kindness, the generosity and all those things make you want to live every day,” he said.

Mr Weidenhofer told Daily Mail Australia he is still in contact with the Brown family, who plan to use the donations to travel overseas while Mr Brown recovers.

“They want to do as much as they can as long as he is healthy enough and with that amount of support and money they can go abroad for a trip,” he said.

A family friend had reached out to the social media star and shared their story with him.

That friend told Ms. Brown that there was a man filming random acts of kindness for people, but the mother had no idea who Mr. Weidenhofer was or that he would be there.

“I didn’t have any contact with her, it happened completely spontaneously and there was a hidden camera,” the man said.

Mr. Weidenhofer has made it his mission to spread positivity after the death of his aunt, who struggled with mental health issues.

“There are a lot of negative stories going around and if I can tell something positive, I’m very happy,” he said.

‘You just don’t know what impact it has on them and the people who see it.

“It fills my heart with great joy to spread some positivity when so many terrible things are happening around the world.”

The couple thanked those who donated to their fundraiser, adding: ‘You don’t know what people are going through’