Bride Sets Out Two Empty Chairs at Wedding Ceremony, Guests in Tears After Learning Why
A Vietnamese bride honored her late parents by placing two empty decorated chairs at her wedding ceremony, moving guests to tears as she remembered her father who died in 2021 and mother two years later.
On the most important day of her life, Joanna Vee, a bride from Dong Nai Province in Vietnam, moved wedding guests to tears when she decided to place two empty chairs in the middle of her wedding ceremony to honor her most beloved family members.
Her wedding took place on April 26th. In the midst of celebration, Joanna Vee chose to set up two chairs, complete with flower arrangements and heartfelt messages, to let her late "mother and father" know that their youngest daughter was beginning a new chapter of her life.
She shared that she was the youngest of three siblings, raised surrounded by family love and warmth. But life changed when her father passed away from illness in 2021, and two years later, her mother followed, after being grief-stricken over losing her husband. When speaking about that period, she could barely hold back her tears. She recalled that her father passed away suddenly, while her mother embraced her before passing and said her goodbyes. Those memories remain as scars on her heart to this day.
Although she lost her pillars of support, she still has an older brother caring for her and an older sister who always worries about her. She has also received encouragement from her husband, whom she has been dating since 2020 and whom her family had known and supported all along.
Before the big day, she admitted to crying many times thinking about her parents. But with the support from her groom and relatives, she was able to overcome her sadness and transform it into positive energy to create this special space.
On her wedding day, tears streaming down her face, she said: "I wanted my parents to still be part of every important moment in my life, even if only through my memories of them."
