My Mom Sewed Me a Wedding Dress Just 3 Days Before Her Death – I Couldn’t Forgive What Happened to It Minutes Before the Ceremony

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Even on days when she could barely lift her head, she insisted on sewing. From her hospital bed by the window, she worked quietly and fiercely. The wedding dress grew, day by day—layers of silk, delicate lace, beads that caught the light like morning dew.

She finished the dress three days before she died. I remember holding it up to the sunlight while it shimmered like it was alive. I held it beside her bed, her thin fingers brushing the hem.

“Now I can go,” she whispered, touching the fabric gently.

That night, she slipped away.

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After the funeral, I folded the dress carefully, placed it in a garment bag, and hid it in my closet. I couldn’t bear to look at it. The lavender scent of her lotion still clung to the sleeves. Every time I caught it, my breath would hitch, and I’d have to walk away.

But I made myself a promise: when I got married—no matter when or to whom—I would wear that dress. Not something new or something off a rack. I vowed that dress would walk me down the aisle.

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A year after she passed, my dad remarried.

Her name was Cheryl.

And to this day, I can’t understand how my kind, grieving father ended up with someone like her. Cheryl arrived like a gust of cold wind, all perfect smiles and high heels, all politeness and poison. She played the sweet role in front of others, but behind closed doors, she was sharper than broken glass.

“You’re sweet,” she said once, with a pat on my arm. “You just don’t have your mother’s elegance. But I’m sure you’ll get there, eventually.”

I was 18 at the time, and I didn’t know how to fight back without guilt. So I said nothing. I bottled it up.

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