As Lexi saw her mother’s health deteriorate because of cancer, she often heard people around her say how cancer can not cripple love, and she observed it! The phase of the mother going through so much pain has to be the toughest; they have seen as a family, however, realising how fragile human beings are and how a single disease can affect your life so significantly, made their bonds, and the love they had grow stronger.
The urge to get married and become a beautiful bride has always been at the top of Lexi’s wishlist. However, she always wanted to choose the dress her mother loved and wanted her to be by her side through it all. There are still plenty of years left until Lexi gets married, but the uncertainty of the situation worries her about whether she could experience it in her mother’s presence. Being nineteen right now, Lexi wanted to find the right dress for her, and the feeling kept increasing with her mother’s weakening body and declining health. Her mother repeatedly tells the family how she felt weak.
Lexi recalls how, after a chemotherapy session a few months ago, her mother gathered the family to tell them her health is fragile, and the next morning was all about sobbing when they sat together as a family and held each other tight, silently hoping and praying for the situation and her health to get better. The family talked about life, about how beautiful it can be, but the thought of spending it without each other seemed impossible. This was when Lexi realised that even though she was too young and not getting married for the next few years, now was the right time to find her wedding dress!
She shared her wish with her mother, who initially got emotional but eventually agreed to go shopping. Mothers spend their lives loving their children and family selflessly. Although Mom could hardly do things on her own because of the treatments and medications that had made her so weak, she was ready to become a part of the experience instantly. She knew how much it would mean to her daughter. Soon after she had shared the wish, Lexi’s mother had to get admitted to the hospital after a few days at home when her health showed improvement. For Lexi, it seemed impossible for the plan to be executed as the first few days she was waiting for her mother to return home, but all she saw was her health getting worse, and as weeks passed, Lexi’s hope for good seemed to fade away. The doctors also clarified that the treatments were not working, and the family could not expect anything to happen.
This was when her father stepped in, seeing Lexi upset and devastated for days. He suggested making the dream come true, so they visited Devotion Bridal Lounge in Prince Albert. The store’s owner, Tammy, was kind enough to listen to the entire situation and understood it so well that he was ready to give an after-hours appointment for an intimate moment for the mother-daughter duo. The very next day, Lexi and her grandma visited the shop, picked out a few dresses for Lexi that had a high probability of her mother liking them; however, by evening, they realized how it wasn ot possible for her mother to visit the shop as her body did not allow her to even sit for a few hours. She was tired and physically exhausted.
That night, the family again had a moment where they all were in tears, realising how the mother could not be a part of the family’s memorable moments, like before. So Lexi called Tammy and the photographer she hired to capture the moments, not knowing they would have better plans to make the impossible possible! Rather than the mom visiting the shop, Tammy brought the shop to the mother on Sunday. They got a bunch of veils, beautiful accessories, and gowns, which seemed impossible to carry.
Lexi chose a few dresses she wanted her mother to see, and Mason did a fantastic job, capturing the reactions and every emotion that filled the room. Although Lexi is sure that her mom might not be present on her wedding day, she is grateful that the dream she had been seeing for a long time was fulfilled beautifully. What Tammy and Mason, two strangers, did for her means more than words could ever express, and she is now sure of how cancer can not cripple love.
