Facilities Management employee David Nelson makes his rounds in the final minutes of Saturday’s Homecoming football game against Missouri State.

She’s 74 years-old. Her hat and gloves keep her warm, but the personal touch means so much more right now. The disease process has caused her health to decline much faster than she knows. Cecilia Higdon, of Clarkson, has colon cancer and wishes to receive the communion that Hospice Chaplain Mary Jo Kruer is there to offer.

Guests filed in, filling the plastic lawn chairs, cameras in hand. They had come to see the bride. Merchandise indicating low prices provided backdrops in every direction. Large fluorescent bulbs gleamed from above. It was Valentine’s Day, a day for love. There was going to be a wedding.