LUTZ, Fla. -- Classmates along with teachers and parents gathered Thursday to celebrate by releasing balloons. It wasn't a typical celebration, however. Morgan is like most normal, sweet 8-year-old girls. Her family says she loves summer dresses, arts and crafts, pretty hair ribbons and purple butterflies.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - At 57 years old, Craig Brunner says many of his favorite memories took place on his bike. "I just miss being on the motorcycle, miss our trips, miss that open air," his wife, Diane Brunner, told WDAF. After being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, he was forced to stay off his motorcycle.

A terminally ill father got his final wish to escort his daughter down the aisle for her wedding day. Pedro Villarin was bedridden after a year of battling advanced liver cancer, but his last wish was to see Charlotte get married.

As the mourners file out of the funeral home, I climb into the lead car in the procession - just ahead of the hearse - with driver Kevin Gallant, owner of Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown Funeral Home. As we leave the funeral home parking lot, Gallant edges out onto the street, making sure traffic has stopped in both directions.