[TRENDING] How Ben Recreated His Wedding Photos After His Wife Died
"But, hindsight being what it is, I can look back now and recognise the progress I've made as a grieving widower and a single father to an amazing little girl."
By Melody Oei — 18 Dec 2013, 01:10 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Ben Nunery Recreated His Wedding Photos With 3-Year-Old Daughter Olivia After His Wife Passed Away
Ben Nunery recreated his wedding photos with daughter Olivia after his wife died.
Image via boredpanda.comHe Did This 2 Years After His Wife And Best Friend, Ali, Passed Away Of Lung Cancer In 2011
Ben Nunery recreated his wedding photos with daughter Olivia after his wife died of lung cancer in 2009.
Image via boredpanda.com"We Said Goodbye To Ali 2 Years Ago, But Her Presence Has Remained Undeniable In That House."
Ben and his daughter Olivia in the house he and his late wife had moved into after their marriage.
Image via boredpanda.comBen Made The Decision To Move But Struggled With Saying Goodbye To The Lingering Memories
On the left, Ben stands in their empty house in 2009 as his wife Ali comes down the stairs. On the right, he and daughter Olivia play on the same stairs in 2013.
Image via boredpanda.comSo He Called Upon His Sister-In-Law (Also His Wedding Photographer) To Document Him And Olivia In Their Empty House
“The memories of Ali don’t live in that house,” Ben wrote of his late wife. “They live with us, in our hearts".
Image via Bored Panda"I Wanted To Be Able To Show Olivia The Place Where Her Mother And I Started Our Lives Together And Dreamed Of Raising Children."
On the left we see Ben and Ali on their wedding day in 2009. On the right - Ben and his daughter Olivia in 2013.
Image via boredpanda.com"I Did It For Me. I Did It For Us. I Did It So I Would Have Something To Show For The Love And Beauty That Occupied That House For A Short Time In Our Lives."
“This isn’t a story about grief and loss and hurt. Yes, I’ve gone through those emotions and still do but that’s not what I want people to see in these photos. This is a story about love,” wrote Ben.
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Photographer Melanie said she regularly receives signs from her late sister, and that feathers often fall out of nowhere. Olivia found this white feather during the photoshoot, which reminded Melanie of her sister, Ali.
Image via boredpanda.com"I Thought It Would Be Much Harder To Say Goodbye... But... The Memories Of Ali Don't Live In That House. They Live With Us In Our Hearts."
Ben learned how to play his and Ali’s wedding song, Stevie Wonder’s “I Believe (When I Fall In Love With You It Will Be Forever),” on the ukulele. Now he plays for his daughter.
Image via boredpanda.com"This Time I would Have A Different Partner, Although One Just As Beautiful."
“Our lives will continue down a curvy and uncertain path, but Olivia and I will be able to look at these photos and know that for a short time there was a place where I was the luckiest man in the world, even if just for a little while,” wrote Ben.
Image via boredpanda.com“Our lives will continue down a curvy and uncertain path, but Olivia and I will be able to look at these photos and know that for a short time there was a place where I was the luckiest man in the world, even if just for a little while,” wrote Ben.
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