Mom Jeanean Thomas’s 6-year-old daughter, Peyton, had been wanting to try skateboarding for months. With a brand-new helmet, kneepads, and board, the mom accompanied her little girl to their local skate park for a trial run.
It was there that they were approached by a skater from a group of teens. Jeanean had braced herself to use her “mom voice” to stand up for Peyton—yet what transpired left her so moved that she later penned an open letter and posted it on Facebook to express her amazement.
