Wonderful story...brings tears to my eyes. I used to be a wedding coordinator and always told the couple to have several friends take candid pictures. You see the real wedding then. One of the best one I saw was a friend of mine got married, and both of her parents were very ill. I had the photographer keep a close eye on the bride and get as many shots of her with her parents. The best photo is one of her parents standing off to the side, arms wrapped around each other just watching their daughter dance with her new husband. Her dad passed away just weeks after the wedding. But when we saw the pictures a month later...it was so heartwarming to see.