Bride Plays Dad's Saved Voicemails Before Wedding Dance

Chloe McIntyre kept a secret for nearly a decade that would become the most memorable moment of her wedding day.

Since her freshman year of high school, the Connecticut bride saved every single voicemail her father Scott Knight left her. Birthday songs, dating advice, daily check-ins. She kept them all, never knowing exactly why but trusting they mattered.

The answer came while planning her December 21 wedding to Dylan at Evergreen Farms in Killingly. On their first date, Chloe had played one of her dad's voicemails for Dylan, and the messages made him smile. When he proposed, Dylan remembered those voicemails and suggested weaving them into their wedding celebration.

Just before their father-daughter dance, guests heard Scott's voice singing "Happy Birthday" through the speakers. Scott gasped and covered his mouth in shock as years of his own loving messages played back to him, then rolled seamlessly into their dance song.

The father and daughter hugged in the center of the dance floor, both crying, before beginning their slow dance. Every guest reached for tissues as one voicemail captured Scott's fatherly wisdom perfectly: "Just remember one thing, it takes a million toads to find one prince, but he's out there."

Why This Inspires

This moment reminds us that the smallest acts of love accumulate into something extraordinary. Scott never knew his quick phone calls were being treasured and preserved. He was just being a present father, checking in, staying connected, showing up in whatever small way technology allowed.

Chloe's decision to save those messages wasn't about planning a viral moment. She simply couldn't bring herself to delete her dad's voice, his laughter, his care. That instinct to hold onto love, even in digital form, gave her family a gift they'll replay forever.

Wedding content creators Social by Carly called it a "top 10 moment" in their career. They weren't exaggerating. The video captured something rare: the exact second someone realizes how deeply they've been loved all along.

Scott Knight has always been Chloe's "biggest supporter," she told the Associated Press. Now the whole world gets to hear what that support sounds like, one saved voicemail at a time.