James O’Brien shared a screenshot of an old phone he gave his daughter and everyone’s choked up
Broadcaster James O’Brien shared a screenshot of an old phone he gave his son a while ago and it’s struck a chord with so many people this weekend.
Here’s what he said.
My youngest has had my old phone for a couple of years. Just for games, which I download for her before disconnecting the internet. Still has my old contacts though & it turns out she’s been messaging my dad, who died 5 years ago. I may have something in my eye. pic.twitter.com/RZ5ZTgGbnk
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) February 17, 2018
He wasn’t the only one with something in his eye, his post shared 11,000 times on Twitter and liked by more than 50,000 people.
Here is how people responded online.
1.
this got me choked up and I'm from Yorkshire.
— Groovy Julia (@groovy_julia) February 17, 2018
2.
So was Dad.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) February 17, 2018
3.
That’s lovely. When my mum died about 5 years ago my 4 year old made me a phone out of Lego so that I could still call her.
— Courage, mon brave (@CoffeeandCave) February 17, 2018
4.
I'm sure that wherever he is, he is seeing those messages and having a big beaming smile.
Sometimes when life is getting me down, I have a little talk with my grandmother who died 17 years ago.
I don't know if she is there or can hear me. But it cannot hurt to hope so.
— Thomas Evans (@ThomasEvansGB) February 17, 2018
5.
Just lost my Mum.
For several days I’ve wanted to text her, tell her things.
Your girl is adorable. xx— helen ayres (@Raphaelite_Girl) February 17, 2018
6.
That’s what happens when kids are brought up with love. My grandson asked me to buy a helium ballon, he tied the string to a tea bag and let it go to heaven so grandma could have a brew!
— Kevin Dove (@kdoveuk) February 17, 2018
7.
Wow!My young sister perished in Tsunami,Ko Phi Phi Thailand. I used to ring her phone just to hear her voice on answer machine
— JOLLY BHOY (@fultybhoy4) February 17, 2018
8.
My brother died in a car crash and I used to do the same until we had to cut his phone off. Kept his last messages for ages after he died.
— MagsCourts (@magsnoodle) February 17, 2018
9.
Plenty of that stuff around, not meaning to take away from your angel, I have also found stuff like this. Aren’t they incredible? pic.twitter.com/Ttkud9XmLn
— Wingloss ||ñ|| (@Wingloss) February 17, 2018
10.
What you’d give for a response x
— DavidGArnold (@DavidGArnold) February 17, 2018
11.
I rang my dad’s old mobile for a few months after he died just so I could hear his voicemail message asking me to leave a message. I never did but it was a comfort to hear him.
— Brian Hamilton (@BrianHamilton_1) February 17, 2018
12.
And the ‘not delivered’ has finished me right off James
— Dan Ryan (@_DanielRyan) February 17, 2018
13.
My God. That has absolutely done me in.
— Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison) February 17, 2018
And in case you were wondering, like this person.
14.
This is lovely and heartbreaking. I have a question, could you please explain the time stamps? I don't understand why the second one shows 1970?
— Sandhya Ramesh (@sandygrains) February 17, 2018
15.
Apple devices default to the first of Jan 1970, and if he's turned the internet off, the phone can't update its time.
— Robocall of Cthulhu (@DuncanMhor) February 17, 2018
