Ten years ago, Jackie Nisley was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and spent the years that followed battling through treatments and infections. She had late-night talks with her father about walking her down the aisle someday, something that at the time seemed uncertain given the severity of her cancer. On Saturday her dream came true: ten years later and cancer free, her father walked her down the aisle for her wedding to her longtime boyfriend, Alfredo Alvarado. I had the opportunity to photograph Jackie’s wedding for a story the Tribune fittingly ran on Father’s Day. I haven’t shot a wedding in a couple years and since I wasn’t the official photographer I tried to stay out of the way, but I managed to capture a few decent moments.
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Jackie Nisley walks down the aisle with her father, Michael, during her wedding to Alfredo Alvarado on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. The moment was a dream come true for Jackie after she overcame a life-threatening battle with cancer in 2002. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612e.jpg)
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Jackie Nisley and Alfredo Alvarado make their way out of the church after their wedding ceremony on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612s.jpg)
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Piper Swart, niece of the groom Alfredo Alvarado, peeks back down the aisle from a pew near the front of the church during a wedding ceremony on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612i.jpg)
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Jackie Nisley prepares to walk down the aisle with her father, Michael, during her wedding to Alfredo Alvarado on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. The moment was a dream come true for Jackie after she overcame a life-threatening battle with cancer in 2002. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612a.jpg)
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Aiden Alvarado, center, walks down the aisle as the ring bearer with flower girls Josie Niedbalski, right, and Eliana Gifford during a wedding ceremony for Alvarado's parents on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612b.jpg)
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Jackie Nisley and Alfredo Alvarado exchange exchange a kiss during their wedding ceremony on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612p.jpg)
![Alvarado Nisley Wedding Jackie Nisley and Alfredo Alvarado make their way down the aisle after their wedding ceremony on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackiewedding061612q.jpg)
Eileen Cour says
Great article !!