A Texas woman Brooke Ochoa, 30, who was dining on her own at a local restaurant, noticed an elderly woman asking for a table for one and invited her to join her for lunch instead.
The pair got on so well that they have now arranged to meet every week and the photographer has earned more than 2.2 million likes, 163,000 comments and 276,000 shares in just one week from people inspired by her story.
See what she shared on her facebook: