Woman Appears at Her Own Funeral, Husband Is Terrified — Story of the Day
A man grieving for his lost wife was caught off guard when he saw her come to pay her respects at her own funeral — he followed the trail she left, and it led him to a very startling truth.
Matthew Cooper tried. He tried his best to keep the tears from falling, but they came, unbidden, like rain on a sunny afternoon.
He had just lost his wife, Prudence, in a car crash earlier that week and had to bury her a couple of days later. It was a devastating blow to him and their son, Gunther, because they had loved her dearly.
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Matthew knew he had to be strong for his kid, but as he stood before his wife’s freshly dug grave, the tears rolled down his cheek, and very soon, he was sobbing along with his son without a care in the world.
People around tried to comfort him, but nothing they said worked, and eventually, the crowd dispersed, leaving him and Gunther to their grief. Matthew remained at the cemetery even after his 15-year-old son returned to their home.
The grieving man stayed until the sunset later that evening, but just as he was about to leave, he caught sight of a woman dressed to her feet in black making her way towards his late wife’s grave.
Matthew, who had been walking in the other direction, slowed his steps deliberately because he was watching her.
The woman moved gracefully and was tall and slender like his late wife. In fact, she reminded him very much of her, but he just chalked it up to his grief playing pranks on him.
Still, he kept an eye on her. When she reached the grave, the woman, whose facial profile was mostly obscured by the large hat she wore, went on her knees in tears.
“If she loved her that much why didn’t she just come for the funeral,” Matthew thought to himself.
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He decided then that she meant nothing, so he turned to leave, but at that very moment, the woman decided to take off her hat, baring her face.
Matthew’s heart skipped several beats at the sight he saw; it was his wife in flesh and blood. The man had no idea how to act, so he just stood there, frozen like a gargoyle until the woman...