Ellie Valentine’s father-daughter dance with her dad Seth at her recent wedding was an emotional moment she never dreamed she would get to experience. When she was 7 years old, he was diagnosed with ALS. His life expectancy was just 2-5 years.

But 16 years later, he is still alive—and got to walk his daughter down the aisle.

“My mom walked me to the end of the aisle [on level ground] where my dad was carried to by the groomsmen,” Valentine tells Upworthy. “I then put my bouquet in his fragile hands, gave him a kiss on the forehead, and pushed him down the aisle. So sacred.”

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The father-daughter dance

In Valentine’s tearjerking video, she shares her first dance with her dad, who is laying in a self-designed “wheel-bed” that allowed her to push him on the dance floor to the Jonas Brothers’ song “Little Bird”. Her mom Amy and husband Brenton also joined in on the special moment.

“I’ll never forget my mom wheeling my dad into the middle of the dance floor, everyone dancing around him, my dad beaming with joy,” Valentine tells Upworthy. “I don’t think anyone in my house slept for days after that high.”

The song was a meaningful choice made by Valentine via a friend’s suggestion.

“I immediately knew it was the song for our daddy daughter dance. I sent it to my........

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