This actually made me cry at work

[Lauren8211]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2443562/Dying-eight-year-old-''marries''-his-school-sweetheart.html

 

[Lauren8211]

Trouble with Link --- I copy pasted the story


Dying eight-year-old ''marries'' his school sweetheart
An eight-year-old boy who had set his heart on ''marrying'' his school sweetheart achieved his final wish the day before he died of leukaemia.

By Laura Clout
Last Updated: 8:22AM BST 22 Jul 2008

Given only weeks to live, Reece Fleming proposed to his ''special friend'' Elleanor Purgslove at a laser tag party.

After she accepted, their parents arranged a make-believe wedding at Reece''s home in Mackworth, Derby. He died the next day with his family.

Reece''s mother Lorraine Fleming said he told her, "I can go now" after his wish had been granted.

The 28-year-old said: ""He was so proud of her, and we were proud of them both."

Reece was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2004, when he was aged just four.

He fought the disease for four years until May when doctors told him he had just weeks to live.

Ms Fleming, said she and his stepfather Mick Thompson had tried to help him achieve as much as possible before his death, including marrying his sweetheart.

"When we found out that we only had a few weeks with him we tried to do absolutely everything with him that we could.

"Him and Ellie had been ''special friends'' for a couple of years but then they broke up.

"We said we''d have a pirate party, and Ellie came. She went to visit Reece a few times in hospital as well.

She added: "We also had a football and laser quest party, apparently that''s when he proposed to her."

The pair went out to dinner in the mayor''s limousine and the families organised a ''wedding'', complete with rings, a stand-in vicar and a certificate.

The ceremony was carried out on July 4 and the following day Reece died at home with his family and a Macmillan nurse.

At his funeral, mourners followed a horse-drawn hearse on foot.

Ms Fleming added: "Even on the Saturday that he died, he got out of bed and walked to the sofa.

"He always tried walking, right to the end, so we thought if he walked for us then we would walk for him."

 

[diamondfan]

As a mother that breaks my heart.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Oh my gods

 

[Deelight]

That is sweetest yet saddest thing I think I have read in a while

 

[HeadOverHeels4James]

Date: 7/24/2008 12:43:53 PM
Author: Deelight
That is sweetest yet saddest thing I think I have read in a while

Exactly!! WOW That breaks my heart

 

[sunnyd]

I just got chills. What a sweet boy.

 

[Lorelei]

Here is a link with more on the story and a photograph of Reece.

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Battling-Reece-8-clung-life-just-long-marry-sweetheart/article-228144-detail/article.html

 

[HeadOverHeels4James]

AWE!!!!!

 

[vespergirl]

Absolutely heartbreaking - what sweet little children. Reece sounded like a very brave and loving little boy, and my heart goes out to his parents - I can''t imagine going through that type of medical nightmare with my son - just so sad.

 

[omieluv]

That is sad, but I am glad he was able to live out his finaly wish, which was very sweet.