Pat Gentile smiles today. In 2010, while she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, a stranger in a convenience store told her she looked "fabulous" and helped her feel normal and seen.

When Pat Gentile began to grow out her hair after chemotherapy, she was nervous to go to work for the first time without a wig. An unexpected encounter with a convenience store stranger changed that.

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