新娘跪地道歉 美国新娘婚礼前墓地探亡父 跪地痛哭照令人动容

美国新娘婚礼前墓地探亡父 跪地痛哭照令人动容  

A photo of a bride at a gravesite that perfectly captures the dichotomy of grief and joy has triggered an outpouring of online emotion
touching a soft spot with hundreds of thousands of viewers and stunning the Michigan–based photographer behind the image.
In the photo
bride Paige Eding of Zeeland
Michigan is seen pressing her forehead against her father’s tombstone and clutching a bouquet of flowers
her white gown billowing behind her.
“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
said. Though her family and her husband-to-be’s family had acpanied 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.
“在婚礼前我只想抓住一点时间，可以和父亲在一起，好让他在这样特殊的日子陪在我身边，” 23岁的埃德说。尽管她的家人和未来丈夫的家人当时都和她一起在墓地，“但他们只是往后退，让我做我想做的事。” 她接着说道。 她并不知道摄影师维林加给她拍了照片，但看到照片还是很激动。
“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 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 instant that Wieringa captured
“it was joyous
as well. I believe he was there with me by my side the entire day.”
Wieringa
a 28-year-old mother of three who started her photo business four years ago
posted the photo on Facebook after getting permission from the bride. With that post
she wrote
“I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful wedding last weekend. Before any photos were to begin she wanted to make a stop to the cemetery to visit her dad who had passed away. I'm not much of a crier for those of you who know me
but when she hit her knees
tears streamed down my face. ”
The photographer
whose mother died when she was 7
said she understood Eding’s wanting to remember her father at such an important moment in her life. “It’s easy to stuff that pain
and I mend her for not doing that
” she said.
People on Facebook shared their own stories of loss and mended the bride for her brave idea. “We have all lost loved ones and a wedding never seems plete without them
” wrote one menter. Another posted
“Such a powerful photo. Everyone thinks of those who have passed on such a wonderful
important day as your wedding.”
One Facebook menter admitted she wished she had thought to do the same on her wedding day. “This is one special young woman to have allowed this very intimate moment to be shared...... it has obviously touched many people!”
On her blog Wieringa wrapped up the experience this way: “I know this image was meant for something bigger than I can even try to imagine. So my prayer through this unforeseeable event is that many lives have been touched. Or will be.”