A mother who died more than two years ago is definitely alive again this Christmas time, and her presence could be felt in her wonderful post-humous Christmas gift to her husband and her kids.
Brenda Schmitz, a wife and a mother of four, passed away after a long battle with ovarian cancer in September 2011.
She died at 46. However, she managed to prepare an incredible Christmas gift for her family a month prior to her passing. She managed to write a letter to a Des Moines, Iowa radio station.
She asked a friend to mail the letter only when her husband, David, has already found another partner to fall in love with again.
This holiday season is the realization of that gift when David got invited by Star 102.5, the radio station Brenda addressed the letter to.
In the studio, the letter was read to David. "When you are in receipt of this letter, I will have already lost my battle to ovarian cancer," the opening of the letter states. "I am writing this letter to be sent to you by a dear friend who has instructions to do so when it was the time. I had to type this because I can hardly type anymore because of my shakiness. I told her once my loving husband David had moved on in his life and had met someone to share his life with again, to mail this letter to all of you at the station."
"As I was thinking about my last months on earth," she said, "I told David my wishes after I was gone that I believed he'd follow through with the attitude and courage I know he possesses, what a great husband and father he is. I know all of this is extremely hard on him. He is the one making the best decisions from here on out for my family and ultimately finding a caring and compassionate woman in time to help raise the boys. She must be quite a lady."
According to Yahoo! News, the said radio station solicits Christmas wish letters annually, and picks the best of the best letters to grant the wishes of the writer with the help of some sponsors.
In the letter, Brenda wrote that her first wish was for "David's new lifelong partner" and it was "a day, or better yet, a week of pampering, in all aspects of her life... She deserves it." "Thank you," she added. "I love you, whoever you are."
Then, Brenda asked for a "magical trip" for her entire family and a "night out full of drinks, food and fun" for her cancer doctors at Mercy Medical Hospital.
Reports stated that local businesses helped the station in realizing Brenda's final wishes, which included a four-day vacation in Disney World.
"In more than 20 years of granting Christmas wishes, we've never received a wish quite like the one we received from Brenda Schmitz," a note on the station's website reads.
"There wasn't a dry eye in the room when we got [the letter]," station manager Scott Allen said in an interview for the Des Moines Register.
"It's not surprising," David said after the letter was read to him. "The last year and a half she's shown so many signs that she's [here]."
Many people who heard the interview and read about it on the news shared their positive feedback on social media and even on certain sites including Yahoo! that published a feature story about Brenda's wish list. Many commended Brenda's selflessness in her final moments here on earth.
A video of the interview has been uploaded on YouTube and as of late, it has over 450,000 views. People who stumbled upon the video even commented that the story has touched their hearts and made them cry this Christmas season. Check out the full video below.
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