Photo: Hilary Michelson
Thanks to the staff at St. Croix Hospice in Iowa, 97-year-old Frankie King was able to ring in her wedding anniversary in style.
The moment was an emotional one for everyone involved.
“It was so hard to keep from crying behind the lens as I got to witness the emotion with this beautiful couple, and the love and compassion that their team poured into preparing this event for them,“Hilary Michelson, a photographer and staff member at St. Croix Hospice, tells PEOPLE.
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“The light in her eyes — I wish everyone could have seen it. She told me she felt so beautiful,” St. Croix Hospice Aide Kacie Derr said in a statement to PEOPLE.
“It was so touching to be a part of that,” she added. “I’ve never worked for a company that would do something so wholesome and heartfelt for someone.”
To complete the moment, the facility’s music therapist played 1940s songs as King walked toward her husband.
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“Words cannot express the gratitude our family has for the amazing staff at St. Croix for making this day happen,” Bilodeau wrote onsocial media. “Just to see my Mom looking in her mirror prior to the ceremony and seeing Dad’s smile light up when he glimpsed Mom in her beautiful dress. Couldn’t see through the tears.”
“Breathtaking moments captured in so many ways,” one commenter wrote onFacebook.
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Michelson said she couldn’t have been happier to capture the special occasion.
“My experience in working with end-of-life care has taught me so many valuable experiences,” she says. “The most important of them all being that there’s going to be a day where all we have are these little moments frozen in time. That’s what motivates me behind the camera — making sure I capture those memories for families.”
source: people.com
