Bride asks 92-year-old uncle to be her “something blue”
A US bride has given a whole new meaning to the wedding tradition of having “something blue”.
When Alison Ferrel married her husband, Matthew, on May 13, 2017 she knew she wanted to include her 92-year-old uncle, Bill Lee Eblen, in the wedding ceremony.
Bill, a former sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, was escorted down the aisle in his Dress Blues – and we must say, he nearly stole the show from the bride.
"Once I got engaged, I knew I wanted to include my Uncle Bill, or as social media now calls him, 'Uncle Blue,' in a special way," Alison told Babble. "Coming from a close-knit family where I was taught to have respect and admiration for those in the armed services, this felt like a natural choice, to have Uncle Bill there in his dress blues."
Uncle Bill fought through a severe bout of pneumonia to attend the wedding. In fact, it was Alison’s request for him to be her "something blue" that made him pull through his illness.
"What's your goal?" a nurse asked him in his hospital bed. "To be her 'something blue' on her wedding day," he would answer.
Photos of the bride and Uncle Bill were shared on the Facebook page Love What Matters.
"It was such an honour to have him serve as my 'something blue' on my wedding day [for] a memory that will last a lifetime," Alison wrote.
Image credits: Love What Matters Facebook