Most girls dream about the day they’ll get to walk down the aisle on their wedding day, however, that dream vanished when 17-year-old Jaquie Farmer dove into a friend’s pool and broke her neck in 2008.
Jaquie remembers floating face down in the pool unable to move, and shortly after blacked out from the trauma. When she woke up in the hospital, she remembers being able to feel all of her limbs but not being able to move them. In that moment, Jaquie knew she was paralyzed.
“I remember looking over at my mom saying, ‘Am I going to be in a wheelchair forever?’ And holding back tears she said, ‘If God wants you to walk, you’ll walk,’” Jaquie said. And at that moment, she was determined to get out of her wheelchair.
Jaquie spent hundreds of hours in physical therapy and going to the gym on her own, and saw her first glimmer of hope when she wiggled her big toe. As she worked on becoming more independent five years after the accident, Jaquie met her future husband Andy Goncher, and was even more determined to walk when he proposed two years later in August 2015. “I wanted to build up enough endurance so that I could enjoy our wedding day wheelchair-free,” Jaquie said.
On May 22, 2016, Jaquie was prepared for the biggest day of her life, and left her entire family and friends in tears when she stood up, walked down the aisle, and even danced with her husband during the reception.
“Seeing the reactions now from the photos Halie and Alec captured just bring me to tears every time. It’s so easy to forget how miraculous it is that I can walk now since it’s the journey I’ve been going through for 8 years. But when people react with such emotion and awe, it reminds me of just how blessed I am,” Jaquie said.
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