Get ready to grab some tissues for this one.
A viral TikTok video showing a mom and daughter dance at the daughter’s wedding is tugging at heartstrings all over the internet. The video is captioned “When a bride and her mom are best friends,” and it’s clear that that’s exactly what’s happening in the video, because the love and emotion captured on camera is so strong you’ll feel it right through your computer or phone screen. You have been warned that this video will make you tear up over your morning coffee, so click play at your own risk.
But more than just sharing a sweet moment between the bride and her mom, this mom and daughter dance video is hitting differently for fellow moms who see it. They’ve been flooding the comments, sharing that they promise to be this mom for their own kids, no matter what it takes. Many of them are sharing that sentiment through the heartbreak that they never had this kind of relationship with their own moms, so they’re going to make sure their kids never feel that pain — only this love.
“I don’t have this mom but I became this mom. So there’s three girls and a boy that DO have this mom! my greatest accomplishment,” one wrote.
Another added, “crying cause I’ll never have this. but my daughter will.”
Yet another wrote, “I became this mom cause it’s what I didn’t have growing up.”
Another commenter wrote, “Crying because this is my mom and I’ll do this for my kids too”
Many commenters also wrote that they had this relationship with moms they’ve lost, because life just isn’t fair like that.
“I had this mom.Lost her two years ago. I will be this mom for my three as well,” one wrote.
Another added, “lost my momma at age 11. it’s the worst feeling in the world. i would do anything to have this at my wedding or just any regular day.”
Here’s to all the moms who are overcoming their own heartbreak — no matter what caused it — to make sure their kids know nothing but love.