Father fulfils dying wish to walk all seven daughters down the aisle
A father has fulfilled his dying wish to walk all seven of his daughters down
the aisle.
US army veteran Willie Shelton, from Ohio, had terminal cancer, but according
to his wife Cheryl, there was just one thing he really wanted to do before he
died.
“The one constant was always, ‘I want to see my girls grow up, and I want to
walk them down the aisle,’” Cheryl told Fox
News.
And less than two weeks before he passed away, Willie’s family surprised him
and made his wish come true.
With help from a hospice, the plan came together in a matter of days - and it
was all kept a secret from Willie.
One of his daughters, Emily Flinn, was already married, but she’d tied the
knot in a simple courthouse ceremony, which meant Willie hadn’t been able to
give her away properly.
So the family decided Emily would have a proper ceremony to renew her vows,
where her father could walk her down the aisle.
What Willie didn’t know, however, was that his other six daughters were also
going to be wearing wedding dresses and walking down the aisle too.
When each daughter emerged in a white gown, they got to see the gleam in
their father’s eye as if it was their real wedding day.
“I always assumed that my dad would be there to walk me down the aisle and
when the possibility was there that he wasn't going to be able to - this was
everything,” said Lindsey Shelton.
Willie was even helped out of his wheelchair to stand alongside his
daughters.
“This was very touching for him and it was a dream that we could fulfill to
the best or the closest we could possibly do,” said Cheryl.
On October 16, less than two weeks after the ceremony, Willie died.
However, each daughter will be able to have a little piece of their father
with them on their wedding day - the women were each given a little heart-shaped
locket containing a picture of them in their wedding
dresses and Willie, and engraved with “a father’s
love never ends” on the back.
“He was the happiest person, the most giving person, and this was our chance
to give him something,” said Jennifer.
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