Widower found out his late wife played a joke on him with a request to water the plants
While the grief of losing a loved one is hard, moments like these make it sweet.
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When we die, most of us want to go out with an amazing joke for our loved ones to remember us by.
In Antonia Nicol's case, her mom gave her dad explicit instructions to water the plants in their bathroom after she passed, which he kept up religiously.
Only to learn later that the plants are fake.
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Antonia's dad loved the story being shared on Twitter so much that he even watered the fake plants again for old time's sake.
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While the grief of losing a loved one is hard, moments like these help keep the memories alive. Antonia said it best:
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