10-year-old girl 'marries' her boyfriend a few days before dying of leukemia

Illness did not stop her from enjoying her last days. At the age of just 10, Emma Edwards was diagnosed with leukemia. Knowing that her days were numbered, the little girl decided to 'marry' her boyfriend, Daniel Marshall Christopher 'DJ' Williams, Jr. As the two children tried to perform the ceremony at their primary school, their teacher told them that they could not get married at school but that did not stop them!

A dream come true

But as love always triumphs, the two lovers were able to celebrate their union on 29 June, twelve days before Emma passed away.

Emma's mother explains:

It had to happen really quickly. We prepared it in less than two days, and everything ended up being given. It was so precious, and it came together so well. Her father is able to say that he married her. A friend of ours officiated, a friend read a Bible verse and her best friend was a bridesmaid

While her parents were hopeful that she would beat the cancer, doctors unfortunately told them that it was incurable. Her mother explained that they 'were going for a different type of treatment,' at first but that the doctors told the parents that Emma only had 'days to a week, not weeks'.

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A cancer with no cure

Emma's mum took the time to explain what it was like hearing the news from the doctors.

She says:

We didn't expect to hear this at all. We thought we were going to have a different kind of treatment and that it would work. It was like a sucker punch. You can't imagine them saying there's nothing else they can do for her.

She continues to explain that Emma 'had never been ill before.' The cancer came 'all of a sudden' as Emma started 'vomiting'.

She explains that the family found out about the cancer 'by chance.'

She had fallen, so they checked her legs, and they discovered that the cancer was digging holes in her bones and making her weak.

Luckily, Emma was able to live her dream before she passed.

This article has been translated from Oh!MyMag FR

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New York Post: Little girl, 10, ‘marries’ boyfriend days before dying of leukemia