Christian worship leader Chris Picco delivered a touching speech at the funeral of his wife and son, who passed away just days apart.
Picco hoped that good would come out of their untimely deaths, and expressed faith in God's plan for his life.
"I know that God did not compose this," he said. "This is not ... God had nothing to do with this, but I can see Him, tears streaming down his face, beginning to compose, one note at a time, the most beautiful melody that anyone has ever heard. And I don't know what that sounds like, but that's the God that I believe in."
Picco's wife, Ashley, delivered their son, Lennon, via emergency C-section at 24 weeks on November 8. The 30-year-old did not survive the procedure. Lennon spent three days in the NICU with little movement or brain activity before passing away on November 11.
A video of Picco playing his guitar and singing The Beatles' "Blackbird" outside of his son's incubator went viral last week, and has received over 14 million views.
"During the pregnancy, Ashley would often feel Lennon moving to music so Chris asked if he could bring his guitar into the NICU and play for Lennon, which he did for several hours during the last days of Lennon's precious life," the video's description read. "One day after filming this, Lennon went to sleep in his daddy's arms."
At the funeral, Picco sang the Christian hymn "This Is My Father's World," and spoke of his hope for the future.
"One of the themes of our relationship for me and Ashley, we met as a result of a tragic, tragic event," he explained. "Unspeakable tragedy. That's how we met. And so something good came from something so tragic. And so from this unspeakable tragedy that's what I want. I want good to come out of this."
The Ashley Picco Memorial Fund has received over $160,000. All funds will be used for Chris Picco's expenses.
