這是來自天堂的短信嗎？
許多人都做過這樣的事：給逝去的至愛親朋發送手機短信，表達思念、訴說近況，彷彿逝者能收到這些訊息。
美國阿肯色州一個名叫蔡絲蒂·帕特森（Chastity Patterson）的23歲女子也是這麼做的。她在父親去世後的4年中，每天都向父親的手機號發送消息訴說自己的生活日常，把4年中獨自所經歷的點點滴滴、生活的起起落落全都記錄在了發送給那個手機號的短信中。
圖 via Fox News
She talked about how she beat cancer and has been taking better care of herself like she promised her father she would. She talked about how she finished college and graduated with honors and how she’d fallen in love and had her heart broken, “(you would have killed him),” she told her father.
她談到自己如何戰勝癌症，並一直像她對父親承諾的那樣，更好地照顧自己。她講述了自己如何以優異的成績完成大學學業，如何墜入愛河，又如何失戀心碎，“(你會殺了他的)，”她（在短信中）對父親說道。
▲Arkansas woman texted father's number every day after he died, she got a response four years later (via Fox News)
當然，她從未收到過任何回覆，直到上週四，她父親逝世4週年紀念的前夜，她竟收到了來自她父親手機號的回覆！而回復她的人竟是個失去女兒的陌生男子。
He said his name was Brad and that he has been receiving Patterson’s messages the past four years.
他說他名叫布拉德，在過去4年裡，他一直收到帕特森的短信。
What made the moment even more special is that the two were bonded in tragedy.
讓這一刻更特別的是，悲劇讓兩人的命運結合在了一起。
Brad lost his daughter in a car wreck in August 2014. He told Patterson that her messages “have kept [him] alive.”
2014年8月，布拉德在一場車禍中失去了他的女兒。他告訴帕特森，她的信息“讓他活了下來”。
He told Patterson he had not reached out before because he didn’t want to break her heart.
他告訴帕特森，他之前沒有主動聯繫過她，因為他不想傷她的心。
Brad then ended the message by saying he wished his little girl would have become the woman Patterson is, and that he is so proud of her.
布拉德在最後在短信中說，他希望他的小女兒也能成為帕特森那樣的女人，他為她感到驕傲。
▲Woman texts dead father’s phone for 4 years gets response (via wtvr.com)
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帕特森把這段奇特的經歷分享在了臉書上，並透露說，她去世的父親並非她的生身父親，但他對帕特森的關愛和生身父母並無兩樣。
Patterson revealed that the loved one she'd lost, Jason Ligons, was not her biological father, but she called him dad.
帕特森透露，她失去的親人傑森·利貢並不是她的生父，但她把他喚作父親。
"Jason was not my 'biological' father, but blood could not make him any closer!" she said.
“傑森不是我的‘生父’，但他和我的關係比血親更親近！”她說道。
"He never missed a school dance, prom, my games and YES he would give me long talks about my mouth and attitude. I had to introduce my boyfriends to him (If I was allowed to date) and he would act like a normal dad and give us the long talk," Patterson said.
“他從來沒有錯過學校舞會，畢業舞會，我的比賽，是的，他會對我的談吐和態度進行長篇大論。我還必須把我的男朋友介紹給他（如果我被允許約會的話），他會表現得像個普通的爸爸，和我們長談，”帕特森說道。
"I shared my messages for my friends and family to see that there is a God and it might take 4 years, but he shows up right on time!" she added.
她補充道：“我把我的信息分享給我的朋友和家人，讓他們看到上帝的存在，這可能需要4年的時間，但他準時出現了！”
▲Arkansas woman texted father's number every day after he died, she got a response four years later(via Fox News)
截圖 via Facebook
她的經歷感動了無數網友。截至發稿，該帖的轉發量已達26萬。
Her post has since been shared more than 198,000 times and brought many people to tears.
她的帖子已經被分享了超過19.8萬次，讓很多人流下了眼淚。
“I hope you two stay in touch. I’m sure you’re in each other’s lives for a reason,” one woman wrote.
“我希望你們保持聯繫。我相信你們進入彼此的生活是有原因的，”一個女網友寫道。
▲Surprising reply after woman texts dead dad's number every day for four years
(via au.news.yahoo.com)
資料：Fox News, wtvr.com, au.news.yahoo.com
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