Generally, when kids want to meet someone, it's Justin Bieber or a One Direction member.
But not this little girl.
Young Brooklyn's birthday wish was to finally meet the man she'd been admiring from afar: her family's binman, Delvar. Or, as the family call him, "our favourite awesome smiley garbage man."
Every Thursday for the past year, Brooklyn from Illinois has eagerly awaited the binman's arrival at her house.
In a Facebook post, Brooklyn's mum wrote:
"It started with waving from the window, then we had to try and be outside to wave, and when we missed the truck driving by the house, I'd drive around the neighbourhood to find the garbage truck and wave on our way out the door in the mornings."
She continued: "Every Thursday, my heart is full when I see the joy that our amazing garbage man brings Brooklyn when he honks and waves at her with a BIG smile."
To make Brooklyn's birthday — which, as luck would have it, was on a Thursday — extra-special, they decided it was time they finally met their bin collector.
Brooklyn wrapped up a cupcake and waited for his arrival. When he came around the corner and onto their street, Brooklyn's mum thanked him for his upbeat demeanour and told him how much it meant to her little one.
"Mummy, I'm so happy," Brooklyn told her mum. And to mum's surprise, Delvar admitted that he, too, looks forward to their weekly visits. What he revealed next will turn you to mush!
"He said that he has a meeting every Thursday morning and always tries to get out of there in a hurry so that he can make sure to see us every week."
Now that Brooklyn's had her wish come true, she's even more excited to see him again.
When Thursday rolls around again, we can't help but get excited about her run-in, full of honking and waving, with her "favorite awesome smiley garbage man."
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