Jayla Cooper: 9-Year-Old Bride Gets Dream Wedding (VIDEO)
9-year-old Jayla Cooper and 7-year-old Jose Griggs were married at Paradise Cove, on the shore of Lake Grapevine in north Texas.
Jayla, who has been battling leukemia for two years, has been given weeks to live. The wedding was the young girl’s dying wish.
The unlikely bride and groom met at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas two years ago and quickly formed a strong bond.
“He knows what’s going on,” said Charla Griggs, Jose’s mother. “He understands that she is going to a better place.”
The young boy’s parents said Jayla helped their son with his own battle with the illness.
“He’s brighter, happier and more content with all that they go through in the hospital,” said Lawrence Griggs, Jose’s father. “She changed that, brought it all out and opened up a side of him I hadn’t seen.”
The wedding was a celebration of life and friendship.
A fund has been set up in Jayla Cooper’s name at the Grace Community Health Clinic, which can be reached at 817-305-4650 or visit www.gracegrapevine.org.
View video below.
photo: WFAA-TV
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When i saw this i wanted to cry it is so sad i wish they could find a cure tomorrow so that she could live and i am so sorry that this is having it is so sad.
Jayla passed away on the morning of April 1st, 2009. She touched many in her short time with us.
This is so touching. This little girl is adorable, and I cried during the Early Show video when the Jonas Brothers sang to her. For her to get “married” to someone she cared for so much, and to get the dream of meeting the Jonas Brothers come true was a beautiful wish. I’m so sad to hear that she passed away. I’ll use her story in life to learn how amazing everything and everyone we have in our lives is, and that we should never take anyone for granted, because they could slip away from us at any moment. Jayla has taught the value of life, and she will be greatly missed.