“I just wanted to take that moment before the wedding so I could be with him and he could be with me on my special day,” Eding, 23, told Yahoo! Shine. Though her family and her husband-to-be’s family had accompanied her to the cemetery, she added, “Everybody just stepped back and let me do my thing.” She had no idea that Wieringa had photographed her at the grave, but wound up being thrilled about it.
“I was so happy she had gotten it,” Eding said. “Once I saw the photo, [I thought] I am so blessed, because I’ll have it forever and I’ll always have that moment.” Eding’s father died suddenly in December of 2011 of a lung infection, at the age of 45. In his absence, the bride’s grandfather walked her down the aisle on her wedding day.
“As much as it was a sad moment, and as much as I was longing for him to be there,” she added about the one that Wieringa captured, “it was joyous, as well. I believe he was there with me by my side the entire day.”
"and she's Daddy's .... little girl"
