A bride had her dream wedding just days before she passed away from terminal cancer.
Adarlele Ribas de Andrade was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects the bones or the soft tissue around them.
Knowing she had little time left, she decided to go through with tying the knot to the love of her life as a way of saying goodbye to her family and friends.
The 26-year-old bride had been battling the rare cancer since May 2018 when she was first diagnosed, but despite various treatments she was unable to beat the disease.
By the time of the wedding the native of the Brazilian municipality of Uniao da Vitoria was taking up to 10 morphine tablets a day.
Luckily, she found that love comforted her during these difficult times.
She met 28-year-old Ruan Pablo de Lara online just last year and the pair hit it off straight away.
They organised their wedding for later the same year, a plan which had to be shelved temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, when Adarlele found out that her cancer had worsened and her care would only be palliative, the pair decided to do everything they could to go through with the wedding.
The ceremony made Adarlele temporarily forget about her pain and she was all smiles on the big day.
Though she entered the church in the Brazilian municipality of Porto Vitoria in a wheelchair, she managed to stand to kiss the groom in front of the couple’s assembled friends and family members.
Best man Felipe Joao Vetterlein told local media: “I’m sure that even the hardest hearts wept that day.”
The wedding took place on February 6 and sadly Adarlele passed away in the city of Curitiba, where she was receiving treatment, 10 days later.
Felipe told local media: “Her smile is what will leave its biggest mark on us.”