A husband's powerful gesture to honour his late wife

Hyong Yi is a heartbroken husband who’s just had the toughest year of his life.

In November 2014, his wife Catherine passed away from ovarian cancer.

“I really would’ve liked to have stayed in bed for an entire year,” Hyong says. But he had to keep on going for the sake of their two children.

On the anniversary of Catherine’s death this year, Hyong decided to use this day to celebrate her memory.

Hyong and his children walked the streets of Charlotte in North Carolina and handed out 100 love notes to strangers.

These notes contained a timeline of their life together, including Catherine’s battle with cancer and conversations Hyong imagined they had after her death.

You can read all of the 100 love notes on 100LoveNotes.com.

Hyong encouraged the strangers to write notes onto their loved ones also, giving them all a blank card to do so.

“What I wouldn’t give to have one more minute, even a minute, to talk, hold hands with Catherine,” Hyong says. “I want people to take a minute and reflect on that and take time to acknowledge those important in your life.”

The Internet also reacted and the hash tag #100LoveNotes has been shared with love notes written all around the world.

“When I did this, it was not planned as a campaign or a mass movement. I didn’t start this thinking, ‘what can I do to be a viral sensation?’ I did this to honor a woman,” Hyong says.

What an amazing way that Hyong has honored his wife Catherine and he is also helping others by reminding them to reflect on their loved ones in a world where we are constantly rushing and take things for granted.

I am off to write some #100LoveNotes to my dearest, lets keep this heart warming campaign moving and share the love.

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22 Comments

- - Number One Mum said
  - 02 Feb 2016
    4:44 pm
What a wonderful way to remember his wife and also get other people to do some special simple things for there own family Never let anyone you love leave the house without telling them you LOVE THEM Every day.

- - june11 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    9:23 am
A very brave Husband and Dad. It is so difficuIt when you know you can do nothing other that love and support your loved one with a terminal illness. It would have been heartbreaking witnessing him handing out the Love Notes yet joyful knowing it is making people aware that they need to tell their family how much they love them every day, not just take it for granted and expect others to do the same.

- - rachelvk said
  - 31 Dec 2015
    4:28 pm
This is such a beautiful story.

- - pakeko said
  - 28 Dec 2015
    9:14 pm
What a amazing thing to do, I love giving love notes to all in my life

- - mom94125 said
  - 12 Dec 2015
    7:22 pm
that is a great message. what a lovely way to remember and honour his wife

- - ella12 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    2:53 pm
This is so touching and lovely. What a great man. I think we do need to remember not to take our loved ones for granted.
- mom93821 replied
  
  11 Dec 2015 , 6:59 am
  Indeed! We should never ever take our love ones for granted.
- - rovermum said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    1:23 pm
What a lovely tribute. I will write love letters to my hubby, son, nieces, Mum, friends. I do send them postcards or notes every now and then, but need to be more thankful.

- - mom134803 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    12:16 pm
This is beautiful and what way to honor his wife for this man & his children ! Bless them !!
We do quite a bit of love notes in our home. My kids write sometimes the most wonderful messages and then of course we write back. And so it goes back and forward to each other. It always makes my day to receive and to write such a note

- - mom93821 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    7:48 am
Heartfelt sympathy for his loss and being able to share his love is humbling and beautiful.

- - mom57808 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    6:28 am
oh my god what a most wonderful man, he loved his wife so much… I truly hope that he and his children find peace and can learn to find some kind of inner peace

- - mum4107 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    5:56 am
How beautiful. I would write to my whole family

- - mom123456789 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    12:49 am
This is so beautiful….. Brought a tear to my eye.

- - mom80542 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    9:14 pm
Beautiful! With so many people losing people so important to them via tragedy and disease I think I will hug my husband and daughter a lot harder tonight. I might even break out the post-it-notes and leave some love notes around for my hubby – Bless

- - mom101628 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    9:08 pm
Am in tears as I write this – but what a lovely touching thing to do and the children also honour their mum.

- - chiku said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    8:51 pm
I literally cried. No doubt we take each other for granted and in busy lives we need to take every little chance to express the love ❤

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    8:31 pm
What a lovely thing to do.

- - Nas01 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    8:18 pm
My husband who is my hero and my best friend. I never knew the true meaning of love until i met him and over the past 9 years our love has gotten stronger and deeper.

- - mom165081 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    8:02 pm
Touching story – what a lovely way to remind and remember.

- - mom90758 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    5:19 pm
What a beautiful action he did. It’s indeed a wonderful way to honor his wife.
The recipients of my love letters would surely be my daughter and my husband.

- - BellaB said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    4:03 pm
It’s always touching to hear about someone treasuring memories of their beloved.