"This is my last love letter to you until we meet again." A letter and a photo of flowers shared by a 21-year-old girl in Tennessee, USA, on Twitter brought millions of netizens to tears. It was a birthday present from her father, who had been dead for 6 years.
When Bailey Sellers, a 21-year-old girl in Tennessee, was 16 years old, her father died of pancreatic cancer, and before leaving, he asked the florist to prepare a bouquet of flowers for her daughter's birthday every year.
This year is Bailey's 21st birthday and dad's last year at the florist, and she tweeted the flowers she had prepared and the letter she wrote before leaving, "I really miss you, Dad."
Two weeks after Christmas 2012, father Michael William Sellers was told he had pancreatic cancer and died six months later. After learning that he was dying soon, Michael ordered five-year flowers from the florist to bless her daughter on her birthday every year.
In addition to flowers, this year she also received her father's last letter to her, which was full of touching words:
This is my last love letter to you until we meet again. I don't want you to shed a tear for me again, my precious daughter, because I'm in a better place anymore. You will always be the most precious gift I have received in my life, today is your 21st birthday, I hope you will always respect your mother, sincerely be yourself, remember a happy life, and live a full life. I will always be by your side, accompany you through every stage, and look around when I miss me! I will always be there.
But Bailey, who currently studies psychology at the University of Eastern Tennessee, said she disliked the idea very much, bailey said: "I've hated my birthday since my father died, and I've been afraid of it every year because he always makes my birthday special." Especially this year, I know this is the last time I'll receive my dad's flowers. ”
The letter also made her miss her father even more, and every year Bailey would share this significant birthday gift on Twitter, but this year the tweet caused a hot discussion among netizens, with more than 340,000 people reprinting and more than 1.4 million likes.
Many netizens left messages wishing her a happy birthday, and some netizens said, "I don't know you, but I cried after reading this... Although your dad is gone, he is so warm about what he has done for you."
"You have an incredible father who loves you and cherishes you. Not many people have such experiences in their lifetime. ”
"Happy birthday, Bailey, you know he's watching you, and he doesn't want his princess to be upset on her 21st birthday. Be proud of your dad and thank you for sharing your last love letter to warm the hearts of so many people. ”
Bailey said that my father wanted to make my birthday wonderful and he would be very proud to see it all.
Compiled by cover news editor Elin