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" It took a village to throw this wedding, but it was all for an amazing reason. A Mount Prospect, Illinois, community came together to throw their neighbors, bride and groom Susie and Miles Osei, a wedding in time for Susie&amp;#039;s ailing mother to enjoy it, ABC News reports. The high-school sweethearts always knew they would get married, and wanted the ceremony to be nearby and simple, the 24-year-old bride said. They were both busy with graduate school and full-time jobs, and they didn&amp;#039;t want to burden their parents with an expensive ceremony, so a neighborhood wedding seemed like the perfect idea.  &amp;quot;My mom has Alzheimer&amp;#039;s. She was diagnosed four or five years ago when she was 52,&amp;quot; Susie explained. &amp;quot;In the past couple years I think it became more apparent to Miles that more than anything else, it being extravagant or waiting for a time when we&amp;#039;re less busy, it was important to us that she be there for the wedding.&amp;quot; Susie&amp;#039;s dad sent out an email with the idea\u2014a backyard wedding of sorts\u2014to their neighbors, and that&amp;#039;s when the planning took off. &amp;quot;We have a couple new neighbors that I didn&amp;#039;t grow up with, so he sent a general email letting them know about me and Miles and that I grew up on the block and to make sure everybody was okay with it.&amp;quot; But then something incredible happened. &amp;quot;Everybody just responded with total love,&amp;quot; Susie said. &amp;quot;There was no issues, everyone just wanted to help. Everyone was saying we could use their lawn and use their trees and offered to help, so it worked out.&amp;quot; Neighborly love and community get-togethers are the norm\u2014and it would be no different for their big day. &amp;quot;My block is crazy. We all grew up together and are very, very close-knit,&amp;quot; Susie said. &amp;quot;We always have block parties on the 4th of July.&amp;quot;     https://www.facebook.com/211033718932649/photos/pc... data-width=&amp;quot;800&amp;quot;&amp;quot; data-width=&amp;quot;350&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;     https://www.facebook.com/211033718932649/photos/pc... data-width=&amp;quot;800&amp;quot;&amp;quot; data-width=&amp;quot;350&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;     https://www.facebook.com/211033718932649/photos/pc... data-width=&amp;quot;800&amp;quot;&amp;quot; data-width=&amp;quot;350&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;     https://www.facebook.com/211033718932649/photos/pc... data-width=&amp;quot;800&amp;quot;&amp;quot; data-width=&amp;quot;350&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;  The neighbors and Susie&amp;#039;s dad took care of it all. &amp;quot;My dad above anyone else is to credit for the entire thing,&amp;quot; the bride said. &amp;quot;My dad stepped in and helped out with decorating and making the centerpieces for all the tables, he built us the welcome doors which we walked through for the ceremony, my uncle built the arbor. My dad literally was the brains behind everything.&amp;quot; The help didn&amp;#039;t stop there. Susie&amp;#039;s older brother served as the officiant. Her neighbor, John Ward, worked as the videographer. Three neighbors and Susie&amp;#039;s dad handled the lighting, five more neighbors lent and scrubbed the silverware, another neighbor made Mason jar party favors, a nearby resident worked as the DJ, and several other neighbors cut flowers from their yards for her bouquet and cake topper. Susie&amp;#039;s next-door neighbors even made room for Porta Potties in their driveway and took time to decorate them with burlap and flowers.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m never going to be able to truly have people understand how much my neighbors did for this wedding,&amp;quot; the bride said. What&amp;#039;s more, Susie&amp;#039;s mom loved it all. &amp;quot;My mom was dancing and laughing and having the best day. That makes it all worth it.&amp;quot; (h/t ABC News) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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