A simple meal at Tenryu Kyotango, Japan, was an unforgettable moment for Lee Lee when a stranger bridged the language gap with a heartfelt message.

As Lee Lee sat enjoying her meal, a woman approached her while holding her phone with a translated message. Though she didn’t speak English, her words carried warmth and admiration.

“You have a beautiful body, a cool style—I’m envious of you,” the message read.

It was a fleeting interaction, but one that would stay with Lee Lee forever.

I was eating at this little spot called Tenryu in Kyotango, Japan, when a woman came up to me with her phone. She didn’t speak English, so she used a translator and asked me to read what she wrote.

She told me I had a beautiful body, a cool style, and that she was envious of me.

It was one of the sweetest things that’s ever happened to me in my life. And this moment will forever stick with me.