A Nigerian man touched many hearts on social media by paying tribute to his late parents on his university graduation day.
In a moving TikTok post, the graduate wore his academic gown while visiting the graves of his mother and father.
pon reaching the site, he cleaned the graves and placed ribbons on them as a sincere tribute.
The video captioned “To Mum & Dad, I graduated” caught the interest of many, leading viewers to share their own heartfelt stories in the comment section.
Read some comments below;
@phel: “did you notice the blue one made a heart shape?? 😳😳🥰🥰🥰.”
@Hahaha😘: “My dad didn’t attend my grad coz he didnt have good clothes so he requested his brother (my uncle) to go on his behalf coz atleast uncle is a medical doctor and he had some money. I haven’t healed 😥.”
@jesire🤍: “i went to my mums grave before i graduated ,,just let her know that i graduated 😪😪.”
@SYLVIA KORIR.🇰🇪🇨🇦: “💔I graduated alone,my mum couldn’t make to come since she wanted me to help her with fare,she said”will borrow shoes, bag and sweater if I can get her fare”which I didn’t have💔but now God is good 🙏.”
@Esther Wambaire: “I burried my mum during my graduation day I never attended dad had died three months earlier 😭😭😭😭😭.”
@maceangie: “weka number ununue kasoda… those graves don’t look so old meaning this is still fresh for you… sorry for your loss n congratulations.”
@josh skies: “same thing i was supposed to do….you can imagine one dying during final exams and another after exams.”
@Mercy Mathenge: “I graduated alone since the same week my mom was at hospital very sick she couldn’t talk.”
@Dan: “Sad video 😢,The Family you create is important than the family you come from, Chase your dreams and start your family.”
@kakamagodfrey: “I know what it means my mom wished to be on my graduation day but she died a few months to the graduation day 😫.”
Watch the video below:
