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Woman Publishes Book of Text-Messages Sent to Dead Husband

by Warren Riddle on April 16, 2009 at 09:14 AM

Stored voicemails and text messages can often come back to haunt naive senders, but, in some cases, the saved messages can serve as cherished reminders of departed loved ones. After Motoo Fukuda of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan passed away in 2006 from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure, his 65-year-old wife Toshiko began sending heartfelt messages lamenting his absence to the departed man's cell phone.

Toshiko saved her husband's phone, keeping it constantly charged in a home shrine devoted to her spouse, according to BoingBoing. She sent text messages, such as "I couldn't live if I didn't think you were still beside me," seeking solace in the phone's vibrating alerts. After a year of sending the messages, Toshiko decided to publish a compilation, under the loosely translated title, "Job Transfer to Heaven Without Family -- I Wanted to Be With You Longer." With the publication, she hopes to raise awareness of asbestos exposure and its fatal consequences.

While this story does have tragic beginnings, we are comforted to read about somebody who has found a genuinely uplifting and worthwhile use in technology. It's far better than the endless stream of technological incidents that result in arrests and firings. [From: BoingBoing]

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