This is so sad, yet touching.

Reece Fleming was diagnosed with leukaemia back in 2004 when he was just 4 years old.

He battled the disease for years until this May, when doctors gave the 8 year old boy only a few weeks to live.

The family decided to try and help him achieve most of his goals before he would pass. And one of those was to marry his school sweetheart, Elleanor Purgslove.

Reece's mother said "When we found out that we only had a few weeks with him we tried to do absolutely everything with him that we could. Him and Ellie had been 'special friends' for a couple of years but then they broke up. We said we'd have a pirate party, and Ellie came. She went to visit Reece a few times in hospital as well."

Then during a recent laser tag party, Reece "proposed" to his little friend.

After she accepted, their parents arranged a pretend wedding at Reece's home (not the kids pictured above).

The families went out to dinner in the mayor's limousine and organized the wedding with rings and even a fictional certificate.

The kids got married on July 4th. And Reece told his mom, "I can go now," after his wedding wish had been fulfilled.

His mom added, "He was so proud of her, and we were proud of them both."

The following day after the wedding, Reece died at home with his family.

Soooooo sad!

During the funeral, the mourners followed a horse-draw hearse on foot.

His mom added, "Even on the Saturday that he died, he got out of bed and walked to the sofa. He always tried walking, right to the end, so we thought if he walked for us then we would walk for him."

What an amazing little boy.


Courtesy: perezhilton.com

The story is really sad. Saw the story in a newspaper but what baffles me is the fact that they allowed both of them get 'married'. The boy is gone but that girl now has to live with the fact that she is married or sumfin?
May Reece's soul continue to rest in peace!

The thing was just fake, im sure the girl would have known that

her parents must have told her she was doing it to make the boy happy

Yeah,i hope so

It has to be so. 8 year old kids can't be legally married.

is this real or just some story

it is real, abi u blind

Gamine:

it is real, abi u blind

hmmm, so much for the total man, covenant graduate! oyedepo must see this! na so them teach una make una dey attack people,

Yes the girl knows that it is fake, no one has the right to put that kind of burden on her. The story is cute and sad.

awww sad indeed. mehhn,

So, which is the real picture of the couple? Gamine's or Nana's

Nana's pic is the real thing

mine is just a depiction.