A boy was in tears because he didn’t have PJs for Pajamas Day. His bus driver came to the rescue
“I thought, ‘I gotta fix this.'”
Bus driver Larry Farrish Jr. made sure Levi was able to participate in Pajama Day at school.Jefferson County Public Schools
School bus driver Larry Farrish Jr. is known in his community for going above and beyond. Now he’s touching the hearts of strangers after an act of kindness went viral.
Farrish Jr., who drives buses in Louisville, Kentucky, recently noticed a little boy named Levi was having a rough morning.
“Normally when I pull up, he’s standing there waiting for me with a big smile, but on this day, he was sitting on the ground with a jacket over his head,” Farrish Jr., 35, “I asked him, ‘Hey buddy, what’s going on? What’s wrong?’”
That’s when Levi, a first grader at Engelhard Elementary School, explained through tears that he didn’t have pajamas for Pajama Day. Farrish Jr. closed the doors, and watched as Levi slid into a seat away from his friends.
Farrish Jr. says knowing that Levi wanted to participate but couldn’t, filled him with sadness.
“I thought, ‘I gotta fix this,” Farrish Jr. says.
After Farrish Jr. finished up his morning routes, he headed to a Family Dollar store and purchased two pairs of pajamas for Levi. Then he headed over to Levi’s school to make things right.
“I said, ‘You were hurting this morning, you were crying, so I got you these pajamas,” Farrish Jr. recalls. “He was so excited — you should’ve seen how his face lit up.”
Farrish Jr. adds that Levi hugged the pajamas to his chest.
Levi rocking his pajamas on Pajama Day.Jefferson County Public Schools
Mr. Larry, as the kids call him, turned Levi’s whole day around.
“I can tell Mr. Larry is nice and his heart is filled with joy,” Levi said in a news release. “When he got me the pajamas, I did a happy cry.”
Farrish Jr., who previously worked as a correctional officer and a truck driver, says he’s found his calling.
