Man Ordered A Pizza After His Wife Passed Only To Open The Box And See A Note She’d Left Inside

Sometimes, life deals us hard blows; Dennis Kust probably knew that all too well as he struggled to deal with the loss of his wife. But while Kust was in urgent need of a boost from somewhere, he probably never expected to find it coming for free with his pizza order.

Heading to dark times

Kust is a 59-year-old widower from Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. His wife, Cheryl, had passed away in 2016 after a lengthy struggle with cancer, leaving him utterly heartbroken and alone. And while understandably finding the loss of his beloved wife hard to cope with, Kust fell into a dark and depressive state.

Staying strong

What’s more, Cheryl had previously spurred her husband on, even when she was in the grip of illness. “You have to be strong, you have to be strong,” she had said, according to an April 2017 report by CBS New York. But as the long days went by without Cheryl, Kust was finding it harder and harder to follow her advice. In fact, he was beginning to seriously struggle.

Cheryl's birthday

Still, even though Kust thought that all hope was lost, he kept going – living each day as it came. But as it began, March 25, 2017, did not look like being a good day for him. What would have been Cheryl’s birthday had fallen the previous week and the anniversary of her death was looming. But things changed for the better when Kust headed down to a local pizzeria. Indeed, after the widower arrived, the restaurant staff told him something that blew his mind.

Anonymous pizza

Specifically, Kust was informed that someone had bought a pizza for him; the person in question, though, was anonymous. Confused and touched by this random act of kindness, Kust then headed back up the block with his free pie. But when he got home and opened the box, he saw something that immediately made him weep.