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FOSSTON HIGH SCHOOL THIS
WEEKEND, WHERE ONE FAMILIE'S
STORY OF CELEBRATING LIFE
WILL BE SOMETHING NO ONE IN THAT
COMMUNITY WILL
EVER FORGET.
A THANK YOU TO "HIGH PHOTOGRAPHY
FOR SHARING
THESE PHOTOS WITH US. VALLEY NEW
TEAM'S
"CORNELIUS HOCKER" SPENT THE DAY
WITH THE FAMILY, CAPTURING ALL
THE SPECIAL MOMENTS LEADING UP
TO THE BIG NIGHT.
"I JUST THINK IT'S EXCITING THAT
SHE GETS TO GO AND TO HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE ALL THAT EXCITEMENT OF IT
AND
BE WITH HER GRANDPA."
THOUGH LYDIA WAHLSTROM IS
11-YEARS-OLD
"11 AND A HALF.. SHE SAID 11 AND
A HALF.
YEA, YOU'RE ALMOST 12." SHE'S
GETTING TO HAVE THE TOTAL
PROM EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS
SOMETHING MOST
OF US JUST ASSUME WILL HAPPEN TO
US WHEN WE REACH
HIGH SCHOOL. HOWEVER, LYDIA
SUFFERS FROM BATTEN DISEASE,
WHICH IS TERMINAL. "IT'S
OBVIOUSLY A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT
TO
HAVE HER BE ABLE TO GO DO THE
PROM AND
DO THE BALL AND CELEBRATE AND
GET
DRESSED UP.. YEA, I THINK I CAN
TRUST HER
DATE.
"IT'S GOING TO LOOK AMAZING.
BEAUTIFUL.
SPARKLING."
A LOCAL STYLIST GAVE HER TIME
AND TALENT TO GIVE LYDIA THE
UPDO EVERY PRINCESS
DESERVES.
IT'S SPECIAL. WE HAVE GOOD
PEOPLE WHO ARE
AROUND AND DO THINGS LIKE THIS.
LYDIA'S MOM LAURA SAYS THIS
PROM EXPERIENCE IS MUCH BETTER
THAN HERS AND SHE WOULDN'T
HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. THIS IS
NOT LIKE MY PROM. I BORROWED
DRESSES AND PAINTED MY SHOES. I
PAINTED
MY SHOES FROM MY JUNIOR PROM FOR
MY
SENIOR PROM. I PAINTED THEM A
DIFFERENT COLOR
SO THEY'D MATCH.
AFTER HAIR WAS FINISHED, IT WAS
TIME TO DOLL UP PRINCESS LYDIA
WITH SOME MAKE UP AND MOM KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
WITH MAKE UP, HAIR, DATE, AND
DRESS ALL SET. IT WAS TIME TO
ENJOY A NICE DINNER.. BEFORE
HEADING OFF TO THE PROM.
"TONIGHT THE LIGHTS WILL SHINE
ON YOU. REMEMBER, YOUR NAME
MEANS BEAUTIFUL LIGHT. JESUS
MADE YOU TO BE A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT
TO OTHERS SO LET YOUR LIGHT
SHINE TONIGHT SHINE, SMILE AND
WAVE TONIGHT. GRANDMA AND
GRANDPA LOVE YOU."
IN FOSSTON, MINNESOTA. I'M
CORNELIUS HOCKER FOR
VALLEY NEWS LIVE.
MANY OF YOU REACHED OUT TO
US ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THIS STORY!
THE ORIGINAL POST FROM LYDIA'S
MOM WENT VIRAL ON HER
PAGE!