A Letter from My Late Husband

No. 642 The story introduced this time

Here, we feature stories that have become topics on the internet or in the news as "stories so good they bring tears to your eyes," along with videos uploaded to YouTube and other platforms.

The story introduced this time is a post from a woman who says she received a sudden phone call from her mother-in-law one day after finishing her husband's 100th-day memorial service.

Regarding the posting date
summary siteI confirmed the post from April 21, 2016, based on what is published on the site, but I apologize if I am mistaken.

There was a YouTube video based on this story, so I will introduce it as well.

Post content

I will post it including the responses.
The woman's post parts are in bold.

295: Anonymous @ Open 2016/04/21 (Thu) 08:58:46 ID:sSa
It still makes me chuckle when I remember it, but then I feel like crying afterwards.

One day, I suddenly got a call from my former mother-in-law.

"My dear! I'm scared! Please! Come over right away! I'm so scared!"

Without any greeting like 'long time no see,' she just screamed that as soon as the call connected.

My 'former' mother-in-law, because my husband had passed away suddenly the previous year.
(I will write 'mother-in-law' from here on.)

He was so healthy, but it happened in the blink of an eye due to a traffic accident.

Truly in the blink of an eye.

It was just after we had finished the 100th-day memorial service, and I still hadn't come to terms with my feelings.

But daily life keeps moving forward, my daughter has entrance exams, and I have to think about our future life, so I couldn't keep crying forever.

My mother-in-law lived in the same city, and our relationship was relatively good, but at that time, we didn't have time to talk properly, and even when we did, it was just about the memorial service arrangements.

Since I suddenly got a call like that, I wondered what happened, so I went to my former mother-in-law's house with my daughter.

By the way, my mother-in-law lived alone.

When I got there, my mother-in-law handed me a letter.

A letter had arrived from her son who was supposed to be dead.

She said she was too scared to read it, wondering if it was someone's prank or a ghost.

The handwriting on the envelope was definitely my husband's.

I took over for my mother-in-law and cautiously checked the contents.

It was something called a Time Capsule Letter.

I didn't know such a thing existed, but according to the explanation written at the beginning of the letter, my husband had been taken to Umihotaru by a colleague during a business trip to Tokyo at the time.

I remembered hearing a story like that.

It said that there was a Time Capsule Post at that Umihotaru, and it was a system that would deliver it to a loved one a year later.

After that, kind words worrying about his mother's health followed.

I explained the situation simply, and when I handed it to her to read for herself, she read it while shedding tears, and my daughter and I were moved to tears as well.

When we solved it and returned home, one had arrived for me and my daughter too.

I cried again.

I remember that sometimes, but the impact of my mother-in-law's terrified phone call is too strong,
so it makes me chuckle lol

Now, I am living with that mother-in-law and my daughter, the three of us.

296: Anonymous @ Open 2016/04/21 (Thu) 09:16:59 ID:nfd
I can understand the feeling of being freaked out.

My father died when I was in my second year of junior high,
and after that, when I started living alone for college (before mobile phones/PHS were widespread),
a message was recorded on the home answering machine:

"Hello, this is your father, please call me."
Well, it was probably just a wrong number.
Good grief.

297: Anonymous @ Open 2016/04/21 (Thu) 09:23:04 ID:KBm
It reminds me of the copypasta where the voice of an 'Ore Ore' scammer sounded exactly like a dead son.

300: Anonymous @ Open 2016/04/21 (Thu) 09:48:32 ID:Sok
>>295
That's a poignant story.

But the fact that the mother-in-law's first instinct when terrified was to seek help from her daughter-in-law, and that 295 responded immediately,
that's an enviable relationship.
Also, it's not exactly fate, but it's amazing that your husband thought, 'Let's write a letter' at the Time Capsule Post that just happened to be where he went.
If it were my husband, I don't think he would write one even if he saw something like that on a business trip.
How should I put it, after reading it, I felt a sense of serendipity.

301: 295 2016/04/21 (Thu) 10:00:36 ID:sSa
>>296
I see, maybe it was normal to be freaked out.

I shouldn't have laughed. My apologies.

It is indeed scary if it's on an answering machine.

>>300
My husband was an only child, and his father had also passed away, you see.

I think it would have been truly terrifying if she had received it alone.

As I wrote above, I'm sorry for laughing lol

I remembered that my husband was a thoughtful person.

I like rare things, so I think I would write one too, but I'd probably only write one.

303: Anonymous @ Open 2016/04/21 (Thu) 10:11:16 ID:4eL
>It is indeed scary if it's on an answering machine.

"Hello, this is your father, please let me in."

Yeah
He was a dad I loved, but it's definitely scary.
I might end up thinking, 'Please rest in peace.'

YouTube

There was a video made based on this story, so I will introduce a part of it.
*It seems there are other videos besides the one I am introducing.

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In the end

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