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A TERMINALLY ILL MOTHER WAS
GRANTED HER DYING WISH TO SEE
HER DAUGHTER GRADUATE FROM HIGH
SCHOOL.
BY THEN GLEN BURNIE WITH MORE ON
THE HEARTWARMING CEREMONY.
GLEN BURNIE HIGH SCHOOL GRAD
MEGAN SUGG SAID SHE WANTED TO
MAKE HER MOM PROUD.
SHE ALONG WITH PEOPLE SCHOOL
OFFICIALS CAME UP WITH A PLAN SO
HER MOM COULD SEE HER GRADUATE
BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY.
STEPHEN HOLDING BACK TEARS AS HE
TALKED ABOUT HIS WIFE DARLENE
WHO RECENTLY DIED FROM
COLORECTAL CANCER.
SHE WAS 48.
HE SAID HIS WIFE'S WISH WAS TO
SEE HER DAUGHTER MEGAN GRADUATE
FROM GLEN BURNIE HIGH SCHOOL,
BUT WITH HER DECLINING HEALTH,
THINGS DID NOT LOOK GOOD.
SHE TALKED TO HER
COUNSELOR AND
SAID WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS SOONER
THAN LATER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE
THAT MUCH TIME.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS QUICKLY
JUMPED INTO ACTION AND HELD A
PRIVATE GRADUATION CEREMONY IN
THEIR LIVING ROOM.
MEGAN DRESSED IN HER CAP AND
GOWN, STANDING AT HER MOM'S
BEDSIDE.
A PRINCIPAL
SAID HER MOM IS
GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING, SO
SHE KNOWS HOW IT FEELS.
JUST KNOWING THEY ARE BEHIND ME
AND SUPPORTING ME AND EVERYBODY
ELSE SUPPORTING ME IS AWESOME.
AND EMOTIONAL CEREMONY.
BUT SHE COULD COMMUNICATE VERY
LITTLE BECAUSE SHE WAS SO WEAK
TOWARD THE END.
THEY
SAID TWO DAYS LATER
DARLENE DIED.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER
BACK IN 2010.
NEWS OF THE BEDSIDE GRADUATION
GARNERED WORLDWIDE ATTENTION.
THE FAMILY BEGAN RECEIVING CARDS
FROM STRANGERS FROM AS FAR AWAY
AS AUSTRALIA.
HER
MESSAGE AT THE
FUN RAISER
, HER MESSAGE WAS DON'T LET THIS
HAPPEN TO YOU.
MEGAN SAID SHE IS HAPPY HER
WISH FINALLY CAME TRUE AND SHE
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT HER
MOTHER TAUGHT HER.
NEVER GIVE UP.
I'M GOING TO PURSUE MY DREAMS
AND NEVER GIVE UP ON THAT.
SHE SAYS HER DREAM IS TO
BECOME A DIETITIAN AS WELL AS A
FITNESS MODEL.
SHE WILL WALK WITH THE REST OF