A Chicago-based nonprofit, Wish Upon a Wedding, has provided nearly 300 weddings and vow renewals to terminally-ill couples across the nation
Ricardo and Eunice Hernandez had been married eight years when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018. Lacey Wicksall’s nonprofit granted the couple’s wish for a 10-year vow renewal in March 2022. He died five months later.On any given day, Lacey Wicksall can be found fielding phone calls from couples across the nation who are deeply in love but are running out of time.
Explains Wicksall: “When you're going through a tragedy, you just need someone to walk into your darkness and do something nice for you. And that's what we're here to do — to just provide a respite in the middle of the storm.” If selected, the nonprofit, which allocates $2,000 for each “wish,” along with the donated services, begins contacting wedding planners in the couple’s area, details their situation and asks if they might be interested in helping to organize the ceremony.to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“People often tell us how wonderful it is to get everyone they love together in the same room before they pass away,” says Wicksall. “A lot of times, our 'wishes' are very much like a living funeral. We did one two years ago where the groom went to sleep and died the night of his wish. Every single person he loved got to be there to say goodbye to him that night.”
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