When's the big day?" the Lubbock, Texas, city clerk asked as she finalized the wedding license for Michelle Avila and her fiancé, Antonio Moreno.
"This May," Michelle said, but she inwardly flinched.
She worried May wouldn't be soon enough. Her father, Jose, whom she affectionately calls Apa, had not been in good health. She wished they could marry sooner, but she didn't want to stress out Antonio by changing their plans.
But as they headed outside, Antonio surprised her.
"I really think we should move the wedding date up." Michelle was the youngest of five children and the last to get married. "I will never be able to rest until all of my children are married with homes of their own," her dad had said ever since Michelle was a little girl.
Her parents loved Antonio from their very first meeting, so when Antonio asked for his daughter's hand in marriage, Jose was jubilant. "Now I can rest," he joked.
Love conquers all
Michelle and her sister, Ana, went into wedding planning mode. They booked the venue and shopped for bridesmaids' dresses. But then Jose started feeling very sick. "A bellyache," he complained, but a few days later, he was admitted to the hospital with norovirus and started on strong antibiotics. Then his oxygen levels began to drop.
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