This viral text message is a beautiful reminder to tell your parents that you like them
"All you did was call me to tell me that you loved me."
Few years ago,Natalie Coffey Bunting, 41, Indianapolis, Indiana, received a text message from his father of 70,Charlie CoffeyThis made it immediately burst into tears.
You see, Charlie lives in Hickory, North Carolina, with his wife over 50 and his many dogs and cats. But while it can be surrounded bydear beingsIt naturally lacks Natalie, that it can only see two or three times a year. "It's really difficult for him to live so far," she saysBetter life.
Natalie said she did not think much when she has already called her father to say hello years ago. He did not answer, then she left him a voicemail telling him that she loved her. And although she had no idea, her father saved voicemail and listened at least once a day in the years that followed.
Then, an unfortunate morning, Charlie accidentally removed the voicemail of his phone. And that's when he sent Natalie the mostMessage heartbreaking text:
"Natalie, I kept a voicemail for more than two years. Everything you did call me to tell me that you liked me. I usually listen to about 20 times a week. This morning, while listening to him, I received a phone call and accidentally removed your voicemail. I'm broken heart and want it back on my phone. Please call me and leave me another 'I just wanted to say that I love you "message".
Natalie posted the exchange on his Facebook page and republished every year sinceFathers Day. Through the magic of social media, he recently found his way on theLove what counts Facebook page, where it went viral, winner more than 72,000 likes and 11,000 shares in just two days.
"You are a wonderful girl," wrote a Facebook user. "I just had something similar to what my grandmother has passed and I was delighted to find his voice in my deleted messages. I cried for an hour."
"It brought tears to my eyes," wrote another Facebook user. "You are so lucky to have a father who loves you a lot!"
Natalie was shocked and humiliated by the responses that the exchange has collected. "The general consensus in the comments was that I am so lucky to have a father like myfather," she saidBetter life. "It made me understand that I may take it for granted, because everyone does not have such grandparents."
For those who wonder, like a good girl, Natalie of course left her father another voicemail. "Once I stopped crying, I called it and said," Do not pick up now, I'll call you and let you another voicemail, "she recalls." Then he cried too. . "
"Hecry All the time, "she added affectionately.
And, as this picture of them of his childhood shows, Charlie has never been one to hide his love for his two daughters.
"I kept the text forever," Natalie said now viral message. "I crossed two phones since and I always assure me that I do not lose this text."
And if there is a message she hopes that people take out of the exchange, this is: "If you like someone, be sure to tell them, becausewe never know When you go losing them. "
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