This Valentine's Day Story Involves Faith, Science And Cancer — And It Will Make You Feel Good.

Arlington TX

14 February, 2022

5:10 PM

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By Alexis Allison, Fort Worth Report February 13, 2022 The afternoon Cody and Abby Bly were married in Fort Worth, Cody spilled a cold brew on Abby's wedding dress. They'd been cajoled by their best friends, a photographer pair who set them up on a blind bowling date in January 2020, to take pre-ceremony photos at Roots Coffeehouse when the offense occurred. Abby laughed. She was glad she hadn't done it. Cody felt terrible. He grabbed an elderly Tide pen from his backpack, knowing it would be a miracle if it worked, and it did. When Abby walked down the aisle minutes later, no one could see the stain. The sweet normalcy of that day in December 2021, when the only thing to worry over was spilt coffee on a white dress, belied the difficult journey the couple had endured in the preceding months. Their story begins the week of Valentine's Day in 2021, when amid a pandemic and a winter storm, an unknown and impending hardship would start to somehow — miraculously? — work itself out. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.