Father fills piggy bank for daughter for years: when she empties it, she is overwhelmed
Hawaii (USA) - Even if money alone doesn't really make you happy, it can at least make a lot of things easier. Mala Wade (25) was accordingly delighted when she received a bulging piggy bank from her father Masa Tukuafu last month. However, in addition to all kinds of bills and coins, there was a third thing inside that really overwhelmed the student.
Wade emptied the piggy bank on the last evening of her visit to her father in Hawaii before she flew back to her place of study.
Next to the money was a bundle of orange notes.
Her dad had written moving words on them. His final sentence in particular touched the 25-year-old's heart: "For the days I wasn't there to go out for ice cream with you, I'm saving it for this day, with love, Dad."
"My dad has always been my hero, so this piggy bank meant so much more to me than just what was in it," the US American told Newsweek this week.
But she wasn't done yet.
TikTok video of the heartwarming scene goes viral
"He has done hard work all my life and I know that he would give me the world if he could. This piggy bank was a symbol of that," says the daughter.
To share her happiness with others, she uploaded a video to TikTok last month in which she empties the piggy bank. It also shows the last note.
"I would have shown the whole note he had left in it. But it felt too special. So I decided to only include the last page in the video."
It soon became clear that the student was not the only one impressed by her father's gift. The video has since become a viral hit with 1.2 million clicks and a good 180,000 likes.
That still leaves the question of how much money it was? "I don't know how much money was in it," says Wade. She hasn't had time to count it yet. Something else matters much more to her anyway: "I'm over the moon to have such a great father, to whom I owe everything."