The death of a loved one is often tough, if not impossible, to bear, especially after many years of living with that person. After his wife died of cancer, a man from Johannesburg became convinced of this.

Yet, the man will receive the surprise of his life in the years to come, the last surprise his departed wife had given him.

Before she died, the woman expressed her final desire with her husband: she badly wanted the plants in the bathroom to be cared for even after she died, so she asked her husband to pledge to water them daily.

The man took his wife’s final desire extremely seriously, and he watered the plants in the bathroom every day for years, ensuring that the plants always looked great.

The shock came only a few years later, when the man chose to leave the house he had shared with his wife.

The man did not want to leave with the plants in the bathroom because they reminded him of his love and since he had made a commitment to her on her deathbed.

The man received a great surprise when he was packing them to transport them safely.

He discovered that the flowers he watered every day were made of plastic and that it was all a joke from his wife.

This finding made him cry, then laugh aloud, and he recognized that his wife’s aim was to make him laugh and forget about her passing.