A woman has shared the heartwarming moment that her dad spoke for the first time in nine months after he reunited with his wife.
Sara Adame, 30, from Charleston, South Carolina, explained during an exclusive chat with the Daily Mail that a debilitating stroke left her father, Juan, unable to communicate in 2020.
It occurred right after his wife, Sherrie, who struggled with addiction, was sent to prison, and the tragic medical emergency left him completely withdrawn and out of it.
‘He didn’t speak anymore. He didn’t really recognize anybody and he definitely couldn’t talk to us or tell us who we were or who he was,’ Sara explained. ‘He was very nonverbal.’
For nine months, Juan seemed as though he was in a constant mental fog, and his family believed they may never see the man they once knew again.
But all of that changed when he laid eyes on Sherrie after she was released from prison.
Footage of their emotional reunion showed Juan laying in bed at a rehab center looking uncommunicative.
But suddenly, his face lit up as Sherrie entered the room. He opened his mouth wide with excitement before he said the words, ‘Oh my God.’
A woman has shared the heartwarming moment that her dad spoke for the first time in nine months after he reunited with his wife
Sara Adame, 30, from Charleston, South Carolina, said her father, Juan, had a stroke right after his wife, Sherrie, who struggled with addiction, was sent to prison. Juan and Sherrie are seen
He then pulled Sherrie in for a warm embrace, hugging her tightly and kissing her.
The moment was extremely ‘overwhelming’ for his family, who were convinced they would never hear him speak again.
‘It was very overwhelming when he became not only alert upon seeing her, but verbal as well,’ recalled Sara.
‘He picked right back up where he left off in love with her. It shocked us all to our core because we didn’t know he was still capable of these emotions. Love really does prevail.’
While chatting with the Daily Mail, Sara explained that her parents met when Sherrie worked at a 7-Eleven and Juan ‘would come in and get his morning coffee before work.’
They got married in 2003, during a stunning ceremony in Puerto Rico ‘surrounded by family.’
Unfortunately, Sara said Sherrie ultimately ‘couldn’t battle her demons any longer’ and ‘fell into temptation and relapsed’ soon after the video was filmed.
She ultimately passed away in 2021, and Juan died a one year after her.
He didn’t talk for nine months and seemed out of it, but when he saw her he uttered the words, ‘Oh my God’
He then pulled Sherrie in for a warm embrace, hugging her tightly and kissing her
But Sara still holds on to her parents’ emotional reunion as proof that true love does exist.
‘I just hope that everybody can understand that love conquers all, if you have somebody love them right now,’ she urged.
‘I feel like everybody’s out here searching for the next best thing, but in sickness and in health and poor and rich in free or shackled, love will be the only thing you remember in the end.
‘So love right now. Be present and intentional. There are so many distractions in this world.
‘It’s important to be there for who is sick as they were there for you. There are so silent battles in the mind even if unspoken that applied to my mom and to my dad in different ways. Just be kind.’
Sara shared the clip to TikTok last month, where it went viral, gaining more than 4.8 million views.
‘Watch the moment my mom comes home from prison. My dad had a stroke while she was away and had become emotionally/verbally unavailable until she moment,’ she wrote in a text overlay.
Thousands were moved by their story and rushed to the comment section to share their thoughts.
‘The way he lit up when he saw her. It’s all we should ever wish for is to be loved like that,’ one user wrote.
‘If that don’t prove Love heals all!’ another added.
‘The look in his eyes is what pure, true love truly is. This is so beautiful I am not okay right now,’ someone else penned.
‘This is beautiful,’ read a fourth comment, while a fifth said, ‘I’m not even crying, I’m sobbing.’
