Terminally ill woman gives daughter life advice in poignant farewell letter
An emotional letter that a mother wrote to her daughter before she died from terminal cancer has been shared by thousands online.
Margaret Peggy Summers, 55, had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer in June 2016 before passing away in October of the same year.
But hours after her death, daughter Hannah Summers and her three siblings found secret letters addressed to each one of them hidden in their mother’s home.
Hannah, 18, a nursing student in Indiana, US, told how being in receipt of the letter so soon after her parent's death felt like a connection was still there.
"My mom was the most selfless, compassionate person I have ever known and she meant the world to me. She was my best friend,” she told People.
"Her whole life she strived to help other people… She never put her needs before the needs of others.
"The letter was very hard to read. It was very emotional and I think all of us cried when we read ours.
“But it was also very comforting in a way because it helped me realise that she will always be here with me. I think the letters are definitely helping to give us a little bit of closer during this difficult time.”
