Grieving Husband Loses Wife And Is Left To Look After Seven Kids Alone — Shortly Thereafter Stranger Gives Him $10k

Sep 30, 2020 by apost team

After tragically losing his wife in 2018, Dakota Nelson from Ashton, Idaho, suddenly became a single father raising seven children. He had to work three part-time jobs to make ends meet.

It had been a difficult year for the family, but right around the holidays, Dakota received an incredible Christmas gift, and his children would have a holiday to celebrate. There is always some light in the darkness when people put their generosity and spirit into action. Dakota Nelson was at the receiving end of this generosity, and his emotions speak for him when he was given $ 10,000 from a secret Santa.

Dakota Nelson was spending time with his wife in their garage in July 2018 as they did quite often, he says in the video below. They were playing around and joking, happy to be in their home and with their children. Dakota left to get a few tools, leaving his wife in the garage alone. Within moments, she was on the ground and couldn't breathe.

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East Idaho News details that the couple's son called 911 for help. Dakota tried to breathe life back into his wife until the fire department and paramedics arrived.

After Dakota's wife went without oxygen to her brain for almost half an hour, she slipped into a coma that lasted for a few weeks. Her body failed, and she died while her husband was by her side.

Dakota now had the daunting task of caring for his seven kids on his own. The children range in ages from one to 16. While the older children help around the house and with the younger children, Dakota has found that it's difficult being a single father.

He works three jobs to make sure his kids have their basic needs met, such as food and clothing, reports Positive Outlook Blog. With Christmas coming, he wasn't sure how he would provide gifts for them until a secret Santa started a fundraiser for his family.

Find out how the mystery $10k Santa planned for Dakota and his kids went down and how Dakota reacted to receiving help when he thought there was no hope by watching the video below.

What did you think of this inspiring video? Would you do the same for a stranger to help if you could? Let us know in the comments below and pass this video along to your friends and family to inspire them this Holiday Season.