The American woman canceled a luxurious wedding and presented a $ 3500 celebration to strangers
'20.10.2018'
Source: Mirror
The bride, who canceled her own wedding a week before the scheduled date, presented the expensive party to a complete unknown couple. The lovers who accidentally got a free wedding can get married today, October 20, a year ahead of schedule, so that the bride's grandfather, dying of cancer, can attend the granddaughter's wedding.
Colby Sanders from Lindale, Texas, decided to do a good deed after breaking up with her fiancé - a 24-year-old student wrote on Facebook that she had only 24 hours left to find a couple ready to play a wedding in the place she paid for, writes Mirror. Holiday cost was 3500 dollars.
She was literally bombarded with messages from hundreds of brides and grooms desperately hoping to win a free holiday. After the list of applicants was reduced to 45 people, Colby randomly selected the winner - Haley Hipsher, pulling “22” from a deep bowl, where the pieces of paper with the participant numbers were folded.
Insurance agent Haley decided to take part in the draw due to the fact that her grandfather Edwin Trut Hipscher, who suffers from pancreatic cancer, may not live to see her granddaughter's wedding scheduled for a year.
And today, the mother of seven-month-old Riley will marry 24-year-old Matthew Jones, an oilfield worker, at Belle Vue in Tyler, Texas. A touching moment: Colby Sanders will be the guest of honor.
Colby, a student at the University of Texas at Tyler, canceled her own wedding with 25-year-old Skyler when she realized that passion was gone from their relationship.
“There was no scandal. Our love was gone and I didn't want to get married. We were together for four years and one and a half of them were engaged, but we broke up. One day I woke up and realized that I did not want to marry him. We've both lost our passion. ”
According to Colby, the organizers of the wedding event told her that they would save the place and all the preparations so that she could return and play the wedding, but the girl decided otherwise. Former fiance, with whom she maintains a good relationship, supported the venture.
"I wanted the other couple to enjoy it all."
“This applies to couples who cannot afford a beautiful place or who spend too much on their children, so they cannot have a beautiful wedding. This is for couples who love each other and will continue to choose each other for the rest of their lives. ”
Colby asked brides and grooms to write about their relationship. Her idea was soon picked up by a local photographer, cook, florist, stylist and makeup artist, who offered their services to the winning couple.
The girl admits: “I couldn't even count the messages, there were hundreds and hundreds of them. I sat until 5 am reading them all. ”
Colby understood that stories are difficult to compare and choose, each had something special. So she chose the ones that were different from the rest and wrote them down separately, and then contacted each of the 45 couples to make sure that if they won, they were “110% ready to get married in a week”.
Writing down the names and numbers, she put the pieces of paper in a large bowl and randomly pulled the name of Hayley.
The winner said, “I cannot express my gratitude enough. I think I'll say thank you at least 20 thousand times. "
The bride and groom had to urgently replay their plans - their wedding was scheduled in a year. But both are happy and excited, Haley admitted.
Colby said she would definitely come to the wedding.
“I wanted this to happen. I want her to get married, it will make me feel like I've put a point. I am very glad that I gave away the event and that it will benefit the other couple. "
