“I left to take Blake home and explained to him how I have done this before when I see cute family moments of total strangers so they can have the memory.”
What Grace didn’t know at the time was that her quick encounter with the family at Rita’s was more valuable to them than she could have ever expected.
Ten days after snapping the photo of the “sweet family,” Grace received a text from the father:
“Dear madam, you took our picture in front of Rita’s on June 8th.
My wife has passed away yesterday and this is the last picture we have together as a family.
Please accept my deepest gratitude for your kindness, it means the world to me.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Grace’s heart immediately broke for the grieving husband and his two children. She responded back and learned that the man’s wife had been sick for about a year.
She says there was no coincidence in the urge she felt to take their picture that day. Grace believes it was the Lord prompting her:
“My [heart] is heavy for this sweet family I don’t even know and the gift that was left to them ’cause I listened to my gut that day.
This has the hand of God written all over it.”
Isn’t that the truth! I have no doubt that God spoke to Grace that day outside of Rita’s. And now he’s using her simple act of obedience to bring a peace that surpasses all understanding to the grieving family.