We’re not crying, just have something in our eye.
A family were left stunned when they found out that their late elderly neighbour had left Christmas presents to give to their daughter for the next 14 years.
Owen Williams and his wife were surprised when the daughter of their late neighbour, Ken Watson, came around to the house with a “large plastic sack”- and became emotional when they saw what was inside.
Ken had selected – and wrapped – a number of gifts for two-year-old Cadi; enough to last her until she is 16.
Our elderly neighbour passed away recently. His daughter popped round a few moments ago clutching a large plastic sack. In the sack were all the Christmas presents he’d bought for *our* daughter for the next thirteen years. 😢 pic.twitter.com/6CjiZ99Cor
— Owen Williams 🏴 (@OwsWills) December 17, 2018
Owen shared the moment on Twitter earlier this week, where he said:
“Our elderly neighbour passed away recently.
“His daughter popped round a few moments ago clutching a large plastic sack. In the sack were all the Christmas presents he’d bought for our daughter.
“He always told us he’d live till he was 100 years old, so these gifts would have taken him up to our little girl’s 16th Christmas.”
He said that while he and his wife thought it would be a nice tradition to give their daughter “a present from Ken” for the next 14 years, they weren’t sure if they should unwrap them then re-wrap them – just in case there were any age-specific ones.
When his story went viral, he put the question to Twitter users – and the consensus seemed to be that Cadi get one present in a lucky dip every year for the next 14 years.
Due to how quickly the story went viral, the dad later added more details about Ken.
He said:
“Ken was a former salvage diver, seaman, carpenter, baker… The first time I met him, he was bouncing a 20ft ladder across the face of his house. He was on top. He was 83 at the time.”
Our dog loved him. I mean, genuine visceral love. It was mainly due to the chocolate digestive biscuits he gave her on first meeting. She’d scream whenever she saw him. Really scream. Like a banshee. He’d call her “my darling” and “sweetheart”.
This is her first meeting. pic.twitter.com/DoG1F8mprO
— Owen Williams 🏴 (@OwsWills) December 17, 2018
Owen’s original tweet has gotten more than 6,800 retweets (and counting) since it was first posted. It has also been liked more than 36,000 times.
Featured image via Twitter/@OwsWills.
