Luke and Abi got married in the hospice – an unusual place for a wedding. But with that they granted their grandmother one last wish.
Luke and Abi are one of those couples who were thwarted by the corona pandemic this year in their future planning. Actually, after six years of love, the two wanted to solemnly say yes in June 2020. But then the corona virus came – and the wedding fell flat like so many other things.
Now the twenties are suddenly married after all. The wedding should actually be postponed for a year. The reason for the early wedding was a sad one: Luke's grandmother was dying. So the couple decided on an unusual plan without further ado: They moved their wedding to the hospice.
The grandmother became the guest of honor
After Luke got a call from his mother in early September, he didn't hesitate. His grandmother's condition would have worsened, she would not have long to live. At the time, she had been in a hospice for three years, where she was fighting a rare bone marrow cancer. But her strength seemed to be at an end.
So Luke and Abi set up something that every newlyweds knows was no easy task: they reorganized their wedding in just three days. The couple got surprising help: The employees of the hospice quickly became wedding planners!
Hospice organizes social distance weddings Posted by St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice on Saturday 12th Sep 2020
"Our nurses decorated the garden and our catering team provided a nice afternoon tea for the close family," write the hospice staff on the Facebook page, "Luke's grandmother was even able to take on the role of the ring bearer from her bed".
So it was that the Lincoln Hospice was quickly transformed into a wedding location. Six family members were allowed to come and celebrate the wedding with the couple – subject to hygiene rules and distance. In the first row, as the guest of honor, was Luke's grandmother in her bed.
"A hospice is so much more than a place to die", the employees of the Lincolnshire Hospice make clear on Facebook, because every day they would try to "live the best time of their lives together with the patients" before they go". In return, you make the seemingly impossible, such as a wedding in the hospice, especially in Corona times, possible.
This wedding day will be a very special memory for Luke and Abi. Because it was also one of the last moments they could share with grandmother. She passed away a short time later.
sources used: Mirror, Metro, St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice