Every bride imagines what her wedding day will look like. But sometimes, the big day doesn't always go as planned. Bride Hannah Patterson knows this all too well.
Just five weeks before her wedding day, Patterson was involved in car accident that left her with a broken pelvis and ribs, a punctured kidney, and a concussion. Suddenly, her dream wedding seemed to have been lost. But the groom wasn't going to let that happen: At their rehearsal, Hannah and her husband-to-be, Stuart, decided that he would carry her down the aisle.
“Being in the wheelchair and not able to walk was very upsetting for me on my wedding day, but I had cried at the rehearsal so I didn’t cry on the [actual] day,” the bride told the Huffington Post. “I was just so happy to see Stuart.”
Stuart met Hannah's father — who had wheeled the bride halfway down the aisle — at the midpoint, before picking her up and carrying her down the aisle to say their vows.
The photographer, Sarah Grace, called that moment, "One of the most moving I have photographed."
Click ahead for photos from their gorgeous ceremony in Ontario, Canada.
“It was hard on me to stand for that long, even with Stuart holding me up,” Hannah Patterson told The Huffington Post. “It doesn’t seem obvious in the pictures and video the pain I was in.”
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
In this photo, you can see Hannah's father wheeling his daughter down the aisle.
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
This shot was taken just as Stuart Patterson started to make his way down the aisle to the bride.
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
This is the shot that photographer Sarah Grace said was "one of the most moving I have photographed."
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
“Stuart slept in the chair next to me in hospital every night holding my hand,” Hannah Patterson told The Huffington Post. “Stuart has never left my side during all of this. I know it has been hard on him to see me like this, but he was strong for both of us.”
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
Hannah and Stuart Patterson are both from Ireland and met as kids in Sunday school. They started dating long-distance when Stuart's family moved to Ontario and Hannah finished university in Ireland.
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
Hannah says that Stuart has been her rock throughout the entire recovery process. “He always made me see how blessed I was to be as well as I was,” she said.
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Grace Photography.
The bride is "doing better." Now, she's using a cane around the house.
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