Girl Who Dreams of Walking Down the Aisle with Dad Believed to Be Dead Hears His Voice – Story of the Day

Brianna Mancini always dreamed of being given away by her father on her wedding day, but he unexpectedly died while visiting his family in Italy. She planned to have her uncle fill his role, but someone else showed up right before the ceremony.

Brianna was set to walk down the aisle at her outdoor wedding in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, toward her fiancé, Franco. But as she saw herself in the mirror on her wedding dress, she grew sad because her father, Angelo, was not there to walk with her. Brianna still remembered the day he left and never returned.

Angelo decided to visit his parents back in Italy when Brianna was 16 years old. He moved to American for college, where he met Brianna’s mother, Georgia, and decided to stay forever. The older man had not returned to his hometown in Sicily since then.

“You should take me with you. I want to see the Sicilian countryside. It must be so romantic,” 16-year-old Brianna had begged him.

“Next time, Bri. I’m just going to check on your grandparents,” Angelo explained. “But, I’m planning to take the whole family with me when you graduate high school.” Brianna smiled and watched her dad get into the passenger seat of her mom’s car. She had no idea then that it would be the last time she would see him.

A week after he arrived in Italy, Angelo got into a car accident. When the family called and told them he was gone, it was the worst moment of Brianna’s life.

She begged her mother to take her to Italy for the funeral. But Georgia was so busy as a widow and single mother to four children that it became impossible logistically and financially. Meanwhile, her uncle Francesco assured her that they could handle everything themselves.

Years later, her father’s loss was still such a painful memory that Brianna couldn’t even bring herself to travel to Italy alone. She had the money but not the strength to go. The rest of the family didn’t want to go either, so she forgot about visiting Italy.

“I never imagined we would never see each other again. You should be here. I’ve dreamed of you walking me down the aisle every day since you left,” Brianna...