A woman has shared an unexpected text conversation she had after messaging her late father.
Kathy's father died in 2020 and the young woman has been sending him messages on his old phone number for several years.
After a particularly difficult day, she wanted to talk to her father and sent him a simple text message saying “I miss you every day” – without expecting to ever receive a response.
But an answer in the form of two question marks stopped her.
A stranger now had Kathy's father's old number.
A woman recently shared an unexpected text conversation she had after sending a message to her late father
“Whoa,” Kathy wrote back. “This is my father's old phone number, he passed away in 2020. I wasn’t expecting an answer.”
But the stranger took pity on Kathy and offered her support in the way they knew best – a photo of their pet cat.
“Do you want to see my kitty being silly!” asked the stranger.
They then sent a picture of a yawning black cat, leading to a shocking revelation.
The stranger's pet is named Lucky – a nickname that has a special connection to Kathy's family.
“When I was a kid, my dad gave us a puppy named Lucky,” she said. 'The [interaction] feels like a hug from him.'
They then sent a picture of a yawning black cat, leading to a shocking revelation
Many on Reddit were overwhelmed by Kathy's post, with some claiming it was a sign from her father.
“Signs are everywhere and you just got one from your dad,” one said.
“That's so despicably human.” “Absolutely so,” another said of the interaction. “It reminds me of a kindergartener who is overwhelmed with information and only responds, 'Do you want to see my Pokémon cards?'”
“I'm a father and this brought tears to my eyes,” one man shared.
“This post will make me make an album of my cute cat pictures in case there are any fake numbers or scam text messages,” one woman said.
Some shared similar memories of deceased parents.
“After his death in 2011, we kept my father’s cell phone number active for a long time so I could hear his voice on the outgoing voicemail.”
“I also left these messages somewhere when I was feeling really vulnerable and heartbroken in the years after his death.” “I have compassion and my thoughts are with you,” one woman wrote.
“I lost my father 13 years ago and I have a tape recording of him reading me a book that I listen to every now and then when I miss him a little more.” “It's the little things that we “We appreciated that in that moment and that we would like to experience now,” said a second.