Old Man Sees Fresh Flowers on His Wife’s Grave Every Day and Meets a Young Woman There One Day — Story of the Day

A grieving widower begins to notice fresh flowers on his wife’s grave on a daily basis and discovers they were left by a young woman he’d never met or seen before. Who was she? And how did she know his wife?

When Edgar Brooks’ wife Caroline died of cancer, he was left all alone, depressed. He and Caroline had been married for 45 years, and despite the fact that they had no children, their lives were filled with love and peace.

Caroline was a homemaker, and Edgar had retired as a teacher. When Caroline was bedridden after her diagnosis, Edgar spent days and nights by her bedside, looking after her and assuring her that everything would be fine.

“You’ll be fine soon, honey. And you’ll see, everything will be great,” he’d assure her.

But deep down, Edgar was aware that it wasn’t really an assurance for Caroline, but for him. Because he could handle losing anything in life but his beloved wife. However, as luck would have it, Caroline died of cancer, leaving him all alone.

After losing his beloved better half, Edgar didn’t feel like doing anything and followed the same monotonous schedule. He’d eat breakfast at a local diner, then buy a bouquet of Caroline’s favorite flower, and head to the cemetery where he sat beside her grave and spent hours talking to her.

“How are you, Caroline? Do you like the shirt I’m wearing today? If only I had a little more time with you, I would take you on a world tour. You promised you wouldn’t leave me, Caroline. Remember?” he’d say to her, occasionally crying out like a child when he realizes she’d never return.

Seeing the 81-year-old Edgar sobbing his heart out at his wife’s grave, nobody would believe he was the same cheerful man he’d been when Caroline was around him. But outliving his wife had aged the man in an instant and left him heartbroken and devastated.

One morning, Edgar arrived at the cemetery and was perplexed when he noticed fresh flowers on Caroline’s grave. At first, he thought it was left there by mistake or by a close friend of Caroline’s who might have paid her a visit.

But when he returned the next day, there was a new batch of fresh flowers there, as well as the next day and the day after that. At this point, Edgar was curious as to who brought them there. He asked the cemetery caretaker if he knew anything about it, but he answered he had no clue.

Edgar stood by his wife’s grave, baffled, staring at the flowers and looking around, but nobody...