She walked away from the grave where she buried her daughter just a few weeks ago. But then she noticed something strange, a little boy passed her and made his way to her grave. What was he doing?
The little boy smiled at her as he passed. She didn’t want to overthink things. But then she saw something that stirred a reaction deep within her.
The McRae family thought everything would always be perfect. But things would take a dark turn one day when their daughter who’d recently turned eighteen, was in a tragic accident.
Tammy broke down when she heard the news about her daughter. Things were going so well, and now her entire world was crashing down around her. Things would never be the same.
Tammy married Chester right out of high school. The two had eyes for each other junior year and by their senior year, they were together. By college, the two had their daughter, Linzie, and were also engaged.
To make things even better, they had an amazing wedding that felt out of a children’s fairy tale. The three of them were so happy, Linzie even got to lead the procession, and her parents could not have been prouder.
After many years, Linzie had grown into a beautiful young adult. Her parents were so happy with the woman she had become. She got great grades at school and always brought as much joy as she could to everyone she met.
Apart from having a great daughter in Linzie, Tammy and Chester also had a great house and stable jobs. But one day, it would all come crashing down.
Their family was perfect. They had a great daughter, amazing jobs, and even a nice, tidy house in the suburbs. But they had no idea what was to come.
To understand what happened and why the boy was so significant, let’s talk more about Linzie. As she grew up, she was the girl that always had the highest grades.
Linzie would always make sure to take part in any activity she could. She was competitive and would always try to be on top. But one night, she stunned her parents with something they didn’t expect.
“She came home talking about wanting to sign some organ donation forms from the hospital she was volunteering at,” Her mom recalled. “We thought it was a good gesture and encouraged her to do it.”
Linzie was an intelligent girl and never hesitated. She wasn’t indecisive and soon she returned home with a donation card from the hospital. But it wasn’t too far in the future that they would lose her.
Tammy still remembers the day it happened. Her daughter was out with her best friends. They had been on their way back from school and had been in a fatal accident. They were all taken straight to the ER.
Tammy froze when she heard the news, then her body went into overdrive, and she found herself racing to the hospital. What she’d find would render her speechless. Tammy couldn’t believe the news she was hearing. Her body seized up.
Tammy was barely in the emergency room when the doctors pronounced Linzie dead. She’d fought to stay by her daughter’s side when Linzie’s soul passed on.
Tammy had only just arrived at the emergency room when they told
The days after that blurred into weeks, with everything around Tammy and Chester losing color and intrigue. They had been so broken by their loss until that fateful week.
It had been a couple of months since they had to say goodbye to their daughter. To help herself grieve, Tammy would go visit Linzie’s grave every day after work.
But she knew that her daughter wouldn’t want her or Chester to linger and stay sad forever. They knew that for her they would have to face the facts. But something strange would happen just moments later.
Tammy was walking from her daughter’s grave when she noticed a boy passing. He was no older than seven with blonde hair and steel-gray eyes and had a small backpack.
He smiled at Tammy and waved as he walked by. She didn’t think much of it at first but noticed something as the days continued counting.
Tammy ran into the same boy the following evening. The week would continue in this same manner before Tammy decided she’d at least try to see why the boy was always at the cemetery at that time of day.
As the new week started, she decided to stay back after greeting the boy on her path back to her car. As always, he smiled, waved, and walked by her. But this time, she didn’t leave.
Tammy shadowed the boy with her phone’s camera recording, only to see him walk to Linzie’s tombstone. He stood over it for some seconds before sitting down.
The scene didn’t make any sense to Tammy, who stopped recording. She couldn’t think of why the boy was next to her daughter’s grave. Thinking maybe he’d confused the tombstones, she decided to step in.
As Tammy approached the boy, she considered the possibility of him being one of Linzie’s friends but noticed he was too young to have known her daughter on such a level.
She made sure he could hear her approach so as not to startle him before saying “hi” again and asking him what he was doing at Linzie’s grave.
“I asked him if he knew Linzie, and he said no,” Tammy said to a reporter from her town’s local news. She also revealed something about the boy that had her tearing up for days.
“He’d been battling a rare heart condition. After Linzie passed away, he received her heart through a transplant, which saved his life.” But why was he visiting Linzie’s grave every evening if he’d never met her? “Where’s your mom?” Tammy asked.
“He learned from his mom about Linzie and what she’d done for him, and the past two weeks, he had been asking his mom to drive him to the cemetery to talk to Linzie about his healing process,” Tammy shared amid happy tears.
The little boy’s mother was waiting for him in the parking lot. That’s when Tammy approached her and learned all the little boy and his family had been through.
