Charles Tillman meets the mother of his daugh

Charles Tillman meets the mother of his daughter's heart donor on Oprah

By Sean Jensen on April 19, 2011 10:22 PM

I'd heard the remarkable story of Charles Tillman's daughter, Tiana, who received a heart transplant when she was six months old. And I'd attended one of Tillman's events for his Cornerstone Foundation.

But it was powerful television watching Tillman and his wife Jackie meet the mother, who donated her son's heart after she was informed he wouldn't survive.
Tillman said he started to write a letter to the mother, who's name is Magali, but it took him a year to finish it.

"In my words, thank you isn't enough," Tillman said. "I've thought about this day ever since it happened."

It's a moving piece and you can check it out here.

awesome link, and really worth the watch for anyone that hasn't seen it. peanut is such a class person both on and off the field. Its stuff like this, that really makes you want to see peanut have another 3-5 great years here

Just a bump for anyone that if haven't seen the interview to see it

It's a moving piece and you can check it out here.

Very moving and I just wish that more of the world could share in the feeling that Magali had. Losing someone you love as much as she loved her baby boy is very traumatic but when you can see his life live on in another it takes some of that pain away. What a tremendously selfless act that was performed even as she grieved her loss. Hers is a spirit that should live in all of us.

I am, and for many years now have been, an organ donor. I can think of no higher mark that I could leave upon my death than to give someone else a chance at life. It's something that all of us should consider.

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Very moving and I just wish that more of the world could share in the feeling that Magali had. Losing someone you love as much as she loved her baby boy is very traumatic but when you can see his life live on in another it takes some of that pain away. What a tremendously selfless act that was performed even as she grieved her loss. Hers is a spirit that should live in all of us.

I am, and for many years now have been, an organ donor. I can think of no higher mark that I could leave upon my death than to give someone else a chance at life. It's something that all of us should consider.

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Spot on Soul- just a great story and follow up, its stuff liek thsi that really humbles us