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Officer Gives Homeless Couple of 3 Years a Fairy Tale Wedding (WATCH)

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Officer Gives Homeless Couple of 3 Years a Fairy Tale Wedding (WATCH)
Dreams really do come true: especially for this homeless couple that went from living in a tent to being officially married and living in a new apartment.

Fairy tale endings really do exist.

Evelyn and Rocky were homeless for three years before being discovered living in a tent in the woods by a Floridian police officer.

Since marriage licenses in Florida cost almost a hundred dollars, the couple had been unable to arrange for an official wedding for years.

Sympathetic to the couple who was down on their luck, the officer placed them on a waiting list for permanent housing–and raised $20,000 for a donated dream wedding.

Complete with wedding photographer, flowers, lights, rings, and video, the results were a sight to "have and to hold."

(WATCH a video about the good-deed wedding below from CBS)

Photos by Carrie Wildes Photography – check out her other works on Instagram and Facebook

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