Many have been inspired by Jak Trueman’s journey, as well as his beautiful last gift to the women in his life.
It’s common for families to receive sympathy flowers after a death. For one family in the U.K., those flowers came with a special twist.
Jak Trueman was just 15 years old when he died Feb. 2, 2015. The teen had blogged about his struggle with a rare form of terminal cancer, posting updates about his disease and treatments on a Facebook page, Jak’s Journey. As he became more ill, his family and girlfriend assisted with the journal.
The day after Jak died , his mother, grandmother, and girlfriend each received flowers. The bouquets came with handwritten cards.
The sender? Jak himself.
To his mother Allison, Jak wrote “‘To mum, I love you and I will look after you. All my love, Jak.”
“It was just beautiful,” Allison told the Edinburgh News.
Many have been inspired by Jak’s journey, as well as his beautiful last gift to the women in his life.
Jak’s legacy was celebrated with a charity soccer game feature his classmates and teachers, as well as professional soccer players. The “Jak Trueman Challenge Cup” raised more than £13,000 for cancer research, and an online fundraising page has raised more than £57,000.
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