Couple celebrate wedding 3 years after bride’s life-threatening illness

An Illinois couple is celebrating becoming newlyweds three years after the bride developed a rare disease that threatened to end her life. Viktoria Cupay, 26, opened up about her personal…

Mom threw out her wedding dress as a way to cope with daughter’s terminal illness

Brittany Lagarde has always dreamed of her daughter’s wedding day, of her daughter walking down the aisle in her mother’s wedding dress. That dream won’t be coming true. That’s why,…

A Walk Down the Aisle Tainted by Illness

Looking back at photos from my wedding, I see the ghost of someone I didn’t know, someone who spooked me. Whatever my body was carrying around, refusing to let go,…

Officer Joe Hernandez, 36, Dies After Terminal Illness

JOLIET, IL — Joliet Police Officer Joe Hernandez, who has been battling esophagus cancer for more than a year, died Tuesday at an area hospital, Joliet Patch has learned. “With…