After Son’s Death, Woman Spots His Carbon Copy Sitting at the Cemetery — Story of the Day

A grieving mother who visits her son’s grave almost every week is awestruck when she arrives there one day and meets a young boy who’s the spitting image of her late son.

Nikki Anderson’s eyes welled up again, and before she knew it, she was sobbing uncontrollably as she placed a bouquet of fresh flowers in front of her son’s grave. Samuel Anderson was just ten years old when a tornado struck their home, taking him away from his parents for good, and leaving Nikki and her husband, Tom, devastated.

Over the years, it took the couple a lot of fortitude to try to get over the reality that their son was no longer alive. But no matter how hard they tried, Tom couldn’t get over it, and Nikki lost him to depression one year after losing their son — he was lifeless except for the fact that he was still breathing and would weep his heart out when he saw Samuel’s photograph.

Tom had been a bright, cheery man for as long as Nikki could remember, but losing their kid had aged him in an instant. He seldom smiled, let alone spoke to her. Nikki tried to get back to normal life, even though she wasn’t really getting anywhere.

For almost 10 years after the tragic event, Nikki visited her son’s grave almost every week as she had done today.

After placing the flowers near his grave, she sat there for a while and whispered a small prayer in her head. She didn’t really have much left in her life to protect, considering how her life had been going on, but she didn’t want to suffer any more damages and begged God to keep her and Tom safe.

She said her prayer that day and returned home, teary-eyed, thinking that if Samuel was still alive, he’d be a dashing, charming young man of 20. However, when she arrived a week later, she almost collapsed as she spotted Samuel’s look-alike sitting at the cemetery.

“How – How is this even possible?” She was almost shivering in shock as she parked her car and approached him.

“Hel – Hello dear, I’m Nikki – Nikki Anderson,” she stammered shakily, taken aback by his appearance. This had to be a dream, she thought, or her mind was playing tricks on...