Just wanted to share a little bit with you about a great organization that has just started up here in the bay area. It is called Wish Upon a Wedding. Starting on Monday is National Raise Awareness week for the organziation. The purpose of Wish Upon a Wedding is to produce weddings and civil union ceremonies at destinations across the USA for terminally ill individuals, regardless of sexual orientation. Below is the first recipient’s story and her wedding is only a few days away. With twenty chapters across the nation, we are ready to begin making dreams come true. To find out more about them and ways you might be able to help you can find them on the web, facebook, and twitter.
In 2002, Florence had moved from Oklahoma City to be with her mother in the San Francisco Bay Area. After moving there, she decided to stay.
A few years later, in 2006 Florence was on her way to a birthday party, to hang out with her girlfriends. As usual, she waited for the Route 93 Bus. That evening, Michael the bus driver noticed Florence and began a conversation with her. Route 93 was his regular route, and Florence and Michael began to see more and more of each other.
He asked for her phone number, and eventually called her. After playing hard to get, Florence finally decided to answer the phone. For their first date, Michael asked Florence out to dinner in San Francisco. They ate dinner by the wharf, watching the boats come in and out of the bay, and they began to fall in love.
Michael told Florence he’d found his other half and wanted to be her husband.
When Florence was diagnosed with cancer, she worried Michael might leave. But he was always there for her, supporting her throughout the entire experience, including a double mastectomy.
Michael proposed to Florence by saying “I want to make you my wife” and “make our family official”. He let her know that no matter what happens, he loves her and wants to be with her unconditionally.
Wish Upon a Wedding is proud to grant Florence and Michael their wish of a very special wedding, set to take place on March 13, 2010.
