Bride is walked down the aisle by the man who got her father's heart.

[pnwmom]

A lovely true story. Sometimes we need to read them.

And the photo itself might draw a tear.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/fashion/weddings/bride-is-walked-down-aisle-by-the-man-who-got-her-fathers-donated-heart.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F08%2F09%2Ffashion%2Fweddings%2Fbride-is-walked-down-aisle-by-the-man-who-got-her-fathers-donated-heart.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0

It’s a bittersweet wedding story a decade in the making: Nearly 10 years after Jeni Stepien’s father was killed, the man who received her father’s donated heart traveled from New Jersey to Pennsylvania to walk her down the aisle.

“The murder and the wedding happened within a three-block radius” in the town of Swissvale, Pa., Ms. Stepien, an elementary schoolteacher, said in an interview on Monday, as she was about to board a plane for her honeymoon. “And I was just thinking, ‘My dad is here with us, and this man is here with us because of us.’ ”

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[charlyvi]

1. Excuse me. I have dust in my eyes.

Be right back!

[leftynyc]

2. Kick for a beautiful story

[Brickbat]

3. Photos don't make me cry, they make YOU cry.

[sheshe2]

4. Beautiful story.

Thanks for sharing, pnwmom.

[Stonepounder]

5. We need these stories now and then to remind us that there really are

truly wonderful and loving folk out there. Thanks for a beautiful story.

[retrowire]

6. woah

That's poetic.

[3catwoman3]

7. I was crying before...

...i got to the pictures.

[malaise]

8. Lovely story

as long as Cheney doesn't show up

[wallyworld2]

10. trust me

he won't

he wouldn't take the time to thank anyone who donated an organ to save another persons life

[lillypaddle]

9. Wow. n/t

[rurallib]

11. well - wow!

what a story - how wonderful the family was allowed to know who the recipient was.

I give a little blood and in my fantasies I think sometimes that my donations do save lives.
What a wonderful gift and a wonderful story.

Thanks so much.

[auntpurl]

12. People are nice.

Sometimes it's hard to remember that. Thank you for posting.