Amanda Montgomery

I found this story on cnn.com

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/08/ny.funeral.wedding/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

This story is about a 7-year-old little boy who died from injuries suffered in a terrible car crash. Asa Hill a 7-year-old little boy from Buffalo, New York was pulled from a burning car after the car accident on the Niagara Thruway. He had critical injuries that proved later that night to be fatal. His one wish was for his parents to get married.

Asa Hill's dad, Amilcar Hill finally proposed to Asa's mom, Rahwa while he was holding his lifeless son in his arms at the hospital. Asa would ask his parents to finally get married and they always said they would. They just always felt that a wedding was "superficial and not necessary." But with the loss of there son, decided it was the one thing that he wanted. So they made the arrangements at the same time of Asa's funeral. Directly after the funeral it was announced that they would be getting married then. So they had the wedding ceremony in the church with everyone already there.

When I first started to read this story, I thought this is the sickest thing that I have ever heard! How could these two parents think of getting married while they are burying there child? Did they have no feelings at all?

Then I realized that they were carrying out there dead child's final wish. And my feelings about this changed completely. This was the one thing that Asa wanted was for his mom and dad to be married. So they made his wish come true. That is what I think is the most selfless thing any parent could ever do was to be able to put there hurt aside and fulfil there child's wish. I don't know how hard that was for them but I commend them for doing this. Hopefully in there lives together they will never find anymore tragedy like this and have a happy life together with the memory of there special little boy, Asa.