Mother with ASL stands to dance with son at wedding
A wheelchair-bound mother has given her son an incredible wedding memory after standing up and dancing with him.
Zak Poirier shared a heartwarming video of his mother Kathy, who has ASL, being held up by her other sons Nick and Jake to dance with him at his wedding.
An emotional Kathy was wheeled to the dancefloor where Zak whispered something to her and she nodded.
She was then lifted from her seat and grabbed onto her son as they danced to “Humble and Kind” by Tim McGraw in front of a crowd of about 130 guests at Ever After Farms Blueberry Wedding Barn in Mims, Florida.
Zak shared the footage to his Instagram and it has received almost 59,000 views since it was posted on April 29.
“We had planned it. The actual dance itself was spontaneous,” Zak Poirier told Fox News Digital.
“We were both pretty adamant that we wanted to share a dance regardless of how long it was. By the time we got up there, we weren’t really sure how it would work — but it went perfectly, and it was great.”
Kathy said she was extremely nervous to have people watch her being helped but knew it was something she would do for her son.
“It’s that this was such a milestone in one of my kids’ lives, and it wasn’t what I had envisioned,” she said.
“It was really emotional to have to accept the fact that I can’t stand or use my hands. And that people would be watching me. And I felt like I was going to be judged. But I knew I wanted to do it, and I wasn’t going to let anybody tell me I couldn’t.
“But to be in the arms of all three of my sons was just beautiful. It just made me feel strong.”
When the song was over, the pair received a standing ovation from the crowd.
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