Becky was forced to experience every mom’s worst nightmare.
Her son Triston passed away at the very young age of 19 and while this is the sort of pain that no parent should ever have to endure, she did her absolute best to soldier on in his absence.
Not wanting to let her life fall apart completely, she did her best to make the marriage to the man of her dreams go as well as possible. She and her husband to be (who is named Kelly) planned for their special day and as you can imagine, Triston’s memory still continued to loom large. Becky was thinking of him each and every step of the way and she even left an empty chair for him at the ceremony.
Then, just before Becky and Kelly would officially become husband and wife, the wedding was brought to a halt. Little did Becky know that for several months Kelly had been hiding a huge surprise from her – a secret that would leave her and everyone else at the wedding in tears.
A 21-year-old man named Jacob Kilby appeared and instantly Becky knew who he was. For when Triston had passed, his organs had been used by those in need of them. Jacob had been the lucky recipient of Triston’s heart and Kelly arranged for him to be there on the couple’s special day.
Becky was able to use a stethoscope to hear her son’s heart beat and she was unable to contain her excitement. Through Jacob, Triston’s legacy will live on.
Once this moment unfolded, there were zero dry eyes in the house and we cannot say that we blame them. If we were there, we would have been blubbering like babies too.
Obviously, there’s nothing that can be done to bring Triston back, but at least Becky can look back at her wedding day and know that a part of him was there physically, as well as spiritually.
