Man Donates Kidney to Stranger, Shares Letter from Recipient

In January of 2017, a Reddit user from Oklahoma with the user name "TheBartian" donated one of his kidneys to a complete stranger.

Three months later, this hero received a letter from the individual whose life was saved by this selfless gesture.

In response to that moving response, TheBartian has shared the man"s letter online, along with his motivation for donation, in the hope that it will spur others to make this same incredible decision.

Scroll down to familiarize yourself with a story that has received over 40,000 upvotes on Reddit, along with endless praise and admiration…

1. This is the Letter He Received

This is what it says: “Hello, my name is [redacted]. I am 63 years old and I have a son named S. When S. was 6 years old his mother passed away after battling cancer for 5 years. This has put me and my son very close. After many years I remarried a lady named [redacted]. We live on a small farm in a town called [redacted]…”

2. Continues the Letter:

“I now have 3 grandsons named [redacted], [redacted],and [redacted]. My son and my 3 grand sons are my life, I do not do anything without one of the 4. Because of the gift you gave me on Jan 5th 2017 I think I will get to see more basketball games, more baseball games, and more football games…”

3. It Concludes:

“I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, because of you I am going to have a better and longer life.”

4. The Gesture Was a Long Time Coming

In a series of message, TheBartian explained in detail why and how he arrived at this decision.

5. If at First You Don’t Succeed…

… try, try again to be a hero.

6. It’s Not an Easy Process

That’s what makes this story even more amazing. It wasn’t some quick decision made without any real though being given. He had to REALLY want to do it.

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Parents Hear Late Daughter"s Heart Inside Organ Recipient

Be warned about the following video.

It is guaranteed to make you cry.

But it"s also guaranteed to make you stop and think and appreciate life and your loved ones.

It features the family of 14-year-old Katelyn Zimmerman, a young woman who was killed by a drunk driver in March.

Katelyn"s parents recently had the opportunity, however, to remember their loved one in a special and unique way: by meeting the person who received her heart.

As reported by ABC11, the Zimmermans actually listen below to Katelyn"s heart beating inside Albert Jeffries IV, a 14-year-old from North Carolina with dilated cardiomyopathy.

A resident of Burlington, he was on the waiting list for a new heart for over 100 days before his family received the call that changed its life forever.

“Thank you for the gift of being able to see more in life,” Albert – whose condition means his heart has trouble pumping blood  reads in a letter to Katelyn’s family during their meeting.

“Thank you for being my miracle.”

ABC reports that Katelyn and her brother, Dylan, were both tragically killed in the March accident, with Katelyn having just told her grandmother that same day how she wanted to be an organ donor.

At an event organized for this amazing occasion, butterflies and balloons were released into the air.

Albert’s mother read a poem and everyone cried.

“It put us at peace knowing that Katelyn’s heart is still beating even though it’s not in her,” her father, Shawn Zimmerman said, according to Fox8, adding:

"He gets to do what Katelyn can"t do, live on, do a kid thing, be a kid."

We"ll give Albert"s mother, Tina, the final say in this inspiring story:

"We could not stop crying. We could not stop hugging. We could not stop thanking them for everything. A thank you is just not enough, it"s just not enough for what they"ve done for my family."