Lucy Edwards, uma locutora britânica, ficou viral no TikTok quando publicou um vídeo da cerimónia do seu casamento onde todos os convidados e o noivo tinham os olhos tapados com vendas. Edwards ficou completamente cega aos 17 anos e quis que todos os participantes e testemunhos da cerimónia experienciassem o momento da mesma maneira que ela.
Lucy e Ollie são amores de escola e casaram no dia 31 de agosto em Londres. Lucy ficou cega aos 17 anos vítima de uma doença genética rara chamada incontinentia pigmenti. Quando ficou noiva, a ideia de caminhar até ao altar com todos a olharem pra si e a sorrirem e ela não poder devolver-lhes as expressões era desconfortável e foi então que decidiu vendar todos os seus convidados e o seu noivo.
“Foi uma experiência tão importante para nós apesar de Ollie não ser cego. Achamos que era muito importante que ele e os convidados experienciassem o momento mais importante da nossa vida até agora da mesma maneira que eu”, afirmou Lucy, em entrevista ao site Insider.
A entrada da noiva acabou por ser um momento muito emocional para o noivo e mesmo os convidados acabaram por marca-lo como a melhor parte do dia. “Eu queria mostrar a todos que não é preciso ter vista para ter visão. Não precisamos da vista para passar bons momentos, para experienciar as conquistas da vida”, afirmou a locutora, relativamente ao vídeo que publicou no TikTok.
Lucy tem 1,8 milhões de seguidores no TikTok e o vídeo da sua entrada no casamento já conta com mais de 6 milhões de visualizações na rede social.
@lucyedwards So this is the moment that I blindfolded all my guests, and I walked down the aisle on my #wedding day… Myself and Ollie thought it would be a really good idea to blindfold him as well, as when I got to the end, and my dad passed my hand to Ollie he was able to feel my wedding dress in the exact way that I felt it when I first had it on. This was such an important experience for us both even though Ollie isn’t blind, but we thought it was really important for him and all of my guests to experience what it’s like for me in the most important moment of our life so far. As you can see me, Ollie and my dad are really struggling to hold it together. It was such an emotional moment and one that I will remember for the rest of my life. I am so lucky that I have a husband that accepts me for exactly who I am my disability and everything. The whole me. I walked down the aisle to arrival of the birds by @The Cinematic Orchestra, as this is the song at the end of one of my favourite films, the Theory of Everything. Stephen Hawking has been a massive role model in my life and I always cry at the end of that movie at his final monologue. I really believe in the philosophy that we are all just small beings and atoms on this massive planet and Stephen taught me that you can love and hate your disability equally, and that’s a truly beautiful thing. It’s a sense of self that I’ve had to work on and I felt truly independent when walking down the aisle with my dad to this song. This is quite an emotional and raw moment to share with you guys, but I thought it was so important as it’s not a typical way that a bride walks down the aisle but it was my way. Just remember you are so special and you don’t have to follow traditions if you don’t want to. Our wedding day is about you and the person that you love and every moment needs to feel right for you. Thank you to the amazing harpist @Amie True Music ♬ Arrival of the Birds (From “The Crimson Wing Mystery of the Flamingos”) – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
