Eagle-eyed Hallmark fans likely felt a little lump in their throats watching the network’s latest movie, Falling Together, which premiered on World Alzheimer’s Day on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Star and executive producer Ashley Williams honored her mother, Linda, who died in 2016 after struggling with the disease for more than a decade, with the film, including countless winks to her personality, as well as the naming of the character who worked for Alzheimer’s Association Linda Payne.
But one scene featured Easter eggs celebrating several other Hallmark favorites’ parents.
In the scene, Williams’ character, Natalie, was looking at photos in Linda’s office, and the camera panned slowly past a photo of Williams’ mom — as well as images of Nikki DeLoach‘s father, David DeLoach, who died three years ago from a rare and aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s Disease, and