A mother's emotional reaction to a meaningful present from her daughter on her 50th birthday.

Twenty-one-year-old Kristie Edwards gifted her mother, Wendy, the license plates from her late grandfather (and Wendy's father)'s car.

"My grandad would have been 78, but he unfortunately took his own life in May 2018," Kristie said. "He was struggling mentally and I think he decided when his time was up as he wasn’t living his life to the fullest and felt as though he was being a burden to the family."

Kristie said her mum is one of the most wonderful people on earth and has been really affected by losing him like this. "He valued his reg plates seen as it said 'Dad 494x'." She added, explaining the significance of the number. "494x to my family means may god be with you till we meet again, we put it on all our texts, cards, letters and say it over the phone to one another. So it really has a big meaning behind it."

Kristie has recently set up a charity in her grandad's memory called Tillie’s Thoughts to promote awareness about mental health among the elderly.

Her go fund me page is: www.gofundme.com/tilliesthoughts

Kristie Edwards and I’m 21 years old and I’m from Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
I have recently just graduated from Sheffield Hallam university studying physical education and school sport.
My mum is called Wendy Edwards and she’s just turned 50 years old!
My grandad would of been 78, but he unfortunately took his own life in May 2018. He was struggling mentally and I think he decided when his time was up as he wasn’t living his life to the fullest and felt as though he was being a burden to the family.
My mum is one of the most wonderful people on earth, and she has been really upset and down about losing my grandad in this tragic way. He valued his reg plates seen as it said “Dad 494x”. 494x to my family means may god be with you till we meet again, we put it on all our texts, cards, letters and say it over the phone to one another. So it really has a big meaning behind it. It’s also a hymn they used in the war to keep others safe, so now we use it on my family and it was the final song played at my Grandads funeral.
I have recently set up a charity in my Grandads memory “Tillie’s thoughts” where I was to provide mental health awareness in the elderly, as I think it all gets pushed under the carpet and they check physical health rather than mental heath as people get older. My go fund me page is www.gofundme.com/tilliesthoughts