A wedding day should be full of love, laughter and tears of joy. Those expectations go for thousands of weddings that take place every day. Sadly, the marriage between David and Heather Mosher was anything but ordinary.
Heather and David felt love at first sight when they met in 2015. The couple met on a dance course and knew instantly they were meant for each other.
On December 23, 2016, Dave got down on one knee and asked Heather if she would be his wife. He did so under the cool ambience of the street lights while the pair were riding in a horse-drawn carriage.Heather happily said yes, though the couples’ great news would soon be overshadowed.
On the same day the pair became engaged, Heather informed David that doctors had found a lump in her breast that had the potential to be cancerous.
Five days later, she was handed a heartbreaking diagnosis: she had an unusual form of aggressive breast cancer and the prognosis was far from good.The couple had initially planned to wed on December 30, 2017, but because of the cancer’s rapid development, they soon realised they would have to bring the date forward.
It is often the presence of metastases, or daughter tumours, that determine the severity of a patient’s cancer. In Heather’s case, the situation quickly became dire.
Yet, on December 22, almost a year after Dave had proposed, it was time. The beautiful wedding took place with Heather lying in her hospital bed surrounded by family and friends...CONTINUE READING