To See Her Married

Erin Sullivan: NEW PORT RICHEY — As they walked through the hospital parking lot to see her dying father, Josh Cunha stopped and bent down on one knee. He had a diamond ring.

"I'm sorry this isn't the most romantic place," he said. "But it feels like the right one."

Jeannette Brown said yes, as she had before when he proposed three years ago. That time, it was Valentine's Day and she was eight months pregnant with their son, Ethan. He asked for her hand in marriage as they watched him on an ultrasound.

Jeannette wanted a wedding, but soon they were dealing with a newborn baby and then she got pregnant again with another boy, Evan. She quit her job teaching preschool to be a stay-at-home mom. Josh worked in sales at a fitness club. Jeannette bought wedding invitations and thank-you cards and tucked them away in her closet, waiting for a time when money wasn't tight and things weren't so busy with the kids. It was easy for Josh and Jeannette, both 27, to put it off. They loved each other and were a family and a wedding seemed like a party and a piece of paper.

Her father, Greg Brown, disagreed.