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Eight-year-old Kayzen Hunter helped change the life of his favorite waiter, Devonte Gardner, in this sweet story out of Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Hunter’s favorite place to dine for breakfast is his local Waffle House, where he met and befriended Gardner more than a year ago. Eating at the Waffle House became a family tradition after Hunter started going with his grandfather, and the family had breakfast there nearly every weekend. 

“When [Kayzen] came home, he talked about Devonte and how much he liked him,” Kayzen’s mom, Vittoria Hunter, told TODAY.com.

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