![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/girl-10-has-dream-wedding-to-childhood-sweetheart-days-before-dying-of-leukaemia/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_PAY-Kennedy-NewsErick-Messer.jpg&description=Emma Edwards' dream was to marry boyfriend of two years, ten-year-old Daniel Marshall Christopher Williams Junior, after she was told her acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was incurable A ten year-old girl who dreamed of being married has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart just days before dying of leukaemia. Emma Edwards was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in April last year but parents Alina, 39, and Aaron, 41, say they were hopeful that she'd be able to beat the illness. But in June the family were given the heartbreaking news that Emma's cancer was incurable and she only had days to live. Alina says Emma's dream was to marry boyfriend of two years, ten-year-old Daniel Marshall Christopher Williams Junior, also known as DJ, with the pair previously attempting to 'wed' at school during lunchtime when they were eight. Family and friends decided to band together to make Emma's dream come true and a ceremony was held for the young couple on June 29 where 100 guests turned up to watch them tie the knot. For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Aaron walked Emma down the aisle in her gran's garden while their third-grade teacher made a speech about how the pair's relationship began. Emma sadly passed away on July 11 but stay-at-home mum Alina and welder Aaron said they're grateful they could help her achieve her dream before she died. Alina, from Walnut Cove, North Carolina, US, said: "Most kids want to go to Disneyland but Emma wanted to get married, be a wife and have three kids. She was a sweetheart. I always say we must have made marriage look really fun because that's all she wanted. "Their teacher spoke at their wedding and said they tried to have a wedding at recess. They had a bridesmaid and groomsmen and kids came to class with clip on ties. It was really cute but the teacher said there wasn't going to be a wedding in her class. "When me and DJ's mum found that out, we said we had to let them ge){kind=link}
Emma Edwards’ dream was to marry boyfriend of two years, ten-year-old Daniel Marshall Christopher Williams Junior, after she was told her acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was incurable
A ten year-old girl who dreamed of being married has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart just days before dying of leukaemia.
Emma Edwards was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in April last year but parents Alina, 39, and Aaron, 41, say they were hopeful that she’d be able to beat the illness. But in June the family were given the heartbreaking news that Emma’s cancer was incurable and she only had days to live.
Alina says Emma’s dream was to marry boyfriend of two years, ten-year-old Daniel Marshall Christopher Williams Junior, also known as DJ, with the pair previously attempting to ‘wed’ at school during lunchtime when they were eight.
Family and friends decided to band together to make Emma’s dream come true and a ceremony was held for the young couple on June 29 where 100 guests turned up to watch them tie the knot.