Widow gives moving speech stepping into late husband's shoes at sister's wedding

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A widow gave a moving speech after stepping into the shoes of her late husband at his sister's wedding.   Cassidy Myers, 28, lost her husband, Jared, 28, on March 7, after he died in his sleep due to an issue with his heart.   Jared had the heart condition hypertensive cardiovascular disease - which caused blood to stop flowing out of the organ.    Jared’s sister, Morgan, 28, and her partner, Billy, 30, were due to marry on August 30 - and had asked Jared to be one of their groomsman and deliver a speech as brother of the bride.  But when Jared died just five months before the wedding, Morgan asked her sister-in-law, Cassidy, to fill his shoes.

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00:00For those of you who don't know me, I'm Cassidy Morgan's sister-in-law.

00:04And as you're probably aware, our family suffered an immeasurable loss earlier this year.

00:09But tonight isn't about the difficult months that we've had since then.

00:13Tonight, I want to share the love and the pride that I believe my husband would have spoken to

00:18had he been able to give this speech himself as intended.

00:22Jared and Morgan commonly referred to each other as their best friend.

00:26They never felt like they missed out by not having any other siblings

00:29because they had all they needed in one another.

00:33To Billy, the night that you met Jared, you told him you had intentions of marrying Morgan.

00:38You didn't know it at the time, but you had his approval immediately.

00:42He respected you and he welcomed you since that day.

00:46And to Morgan, he would tell you that you look absolutely beautiful tonight.

00:51That he's never seen you smile bigger than he has since you met Billy.

00:56And that he couldn't be happier for the two of you to start your life together.

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