The heartbreaking story behind this note found by the side of a lake
A school rowing club has shared the heartbreaking story behind a mystery note the team discovered at a lake.
Earlier this week, a school rowing club from Sutton Coldfield in the UK went down to their local lake for a training session when they made the unexpected discovery.
Tied to the gate was an emotional note from an anonymous woman who had visited the lake, asking for a very important favour.
"This note was left on the gate at the water this afternoon," Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Rowing Club wrote on Twitter.
The note read: "Please can someone throw this into the lake for me? My late husband’s ashes are in the lake and I can’t get to the lakeside in my wheelchair anymore and gates are locked – have to drive back up north tonight. Thank you x."
Alongside the note, the widow left a single red rose.
After reading the heartbreaking message, the rowing club made sure they fulfilled the woman’s wishes.
"No name or number left but whoever you are, rest assured your rose is in place in the middle of the lake," the rowing club tweeted, sharing a photo of the rose in the middle of the water.
Since sharing the woman’s emotional story, the rowing team’s tweet has received over 162,000 ‘likes’ and over 46,000 retweets.
The story has been impactful for many users, with one even saying it has “restored their faith in humanity”.
"I really hope karma exists, because you guys only deserve the very best," wrote one user.
Another wrote: "It touched my old heart. Just a wonderful thing to do for someone you'll never know and I hope whomever this lady was she somehow finds out."
Another added: "There are some wonderful, caring people in the world, if you can't find one, be one.”