The Apple Watch feature I once thought was a throwaway novelty is now crucial to me. : apple

Not sure how many people frequently use the digital touch heartbeat on their Apple Watch, but I wasn't one of them until a month ago. I bought my Apple Watch when it first came out, and my wife and I exchanged heartbeat messages maybe two or three times and then never used it again. Last month, my sister passed away from a rare form of cancer. While she was on her deathbed, my wife suggested taking her pulse with my Watch, just to see how she was doing internally. I gently rested the watch on her wrist, took the pulse, and, in the process, remembered the heartbeat feature. I sent her heartbeat to myself, so I could easily keep track of where it was. She passed away a few hours later. Today, whenever I need to feel as though she's with me, I just bring up that heartbeat and let it pulse. I wanted to share this with fellow Apple enthusiasts, as a use case I never thought about when I bought my watch, and one I hope you'll remember going forward if you're ever in a similar situation.

TL;DR my sister passed away and I use the digital touch heartbeat to keep her with me.