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Oak Lawn waitress, a single mom living in a hotel, says $2,020 tip will jump start a better life

Shannon Vargas spent 2019 serving pancakes with a smile by day and struggling to keep a roof over her family's head by night.

The once homeless single mom, who is a server at the Original Pancake House in Oak Lawn, has begun 2020 with renewed hope that a much needed break has finally come her way.

Recently, a diner left Vargas a $2,020 tip on a

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