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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Madeline Sherratt

Vendors throw wedding for free after learning bride’s mother had just months to live

A group of wedding vendors organized a Kentucky woman’s wedding just two weeks after she received devastating news that her mother had just a few months to live - (Malina Carnell)

A group of strangers threw a wedding together in a random act of kindness for a young Kentucky woman after she received the devastating news that her mother had just months to live.

Alahna Leonardo, a labor and delivery nurse, spoke out about her tragic news at the start of January, revealing to her local Louisville community on Facebook that her mother, who had been enduring an almost 2-year battle with stage 4 colorectal cancer, was told by doctors that they could do no more for her.

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