A grandfather remembers his late wife on his granddaughter’s wedding made everyone emotional on the internet.
Sahrah Elswick decided to celebrate her big day with her late loved ones, so the West Virginia bride arranged a memorial that consisted of a rocking chair adorned with family photos, lights and a message that read, “We know you would be here today if heaven wasn’t so far away.”
She gets even more touchy when her grandfather Billy Gray takes his wedding meal to the memorial so he could share a tender moment with his late wife, Barbara, who died two years ago.
Elswick shared a heartwarming moment where her grandfather Gray sits on a bale of hay in front of the chair.
“Pawpaw sat and ate with mawmaw today at my wedding,” she wrote, referring to her grandparents by their nicknames. She later noted that her grandmother is seen in the top left photo.
Elswick wrote on Twitter that she was watching her grandfather from behind and “crying uncontrollably” as Gray sat next to her brother.
“He’s so sweet I can’t handle it,” she wrote. “It’s been 2 years without her and I still can’t believe it.”
The newlywed told Best Life that her grandparents had been married for 45 years and two years ago her grandmother Barbara died from colon cancer.
“My grandpa helped with the trash run in their hometown and he went to their house to pick up her garbage and she was outside,” she said. “He thought she was the most beautiful woman and asked her what her name was, and he says the rest is history.”
The tweet went viral and made everyone emotional, many users said that the moment brought them to tears.
“Hi yes it’s exactly 10 AM and I would like to NOT be bawling my eyes out on a Sunday morning,” one user wrote.
Added another, “I loved your tribute to your grandparents. This is what marriage truly is. You stay together through thick and thin.