A 'miracle' baby was born to a young widow nine months after her husband's tragic death during their honeymoon in the Caribbean.
The 23-year-old Mari Kuhlman made an announcement about her son Raphael Patrick Kuhlman's birth and shared the newborn's pictures on Instagram.
The birth was announced by Kuhlman just nine months after her husband, Nate Kuhlman, who was 23 years old, drowned while water skiing on their honeymoon in St. Lucia.
“Clearly, God had a plan bigger than anything we could have ever imagined,” wrote Kuhlman in her Instagram post.
“He answered our prayers, and prayers of those around the world, just in a different way than we had expected, but still the GIFT OF LIFE; the miracle we are so overjoyed to finally share with you all," she added.
The couple from Ohiohad wed just three days before the accident occurred, as reported by theTampa Bay Times.
“Nate, our son is here! I know you’ll be praying for him, for us each and every day, and he will know without a doubt how much his father loves him!,” wrote Kuhlman in her post.
She realised about her pregnancy on Thanksgiving day, weeks after the death of her husband on October 31, 2023.
“This has to be a miracle. God himself would have to kick an egg out," she said, as per The Times.
The couple had met when they were students at Franciscan University in Steubenville in October 2021. They got engaged more than a year later and got married on October 28, 2023, when they consummated their relationship, reported the Times.
The next day they went to Miami for honeymoon, however, the husband drowned during water skiing.
The husband was given CPR on a boat, and attempts were made to revive him, however, doctors confirmed that he couldn't make it, and the woman - in a day - turned from a wife to a widow.
(With inputs from agencies)