Her grandma couldn't attend her graduation. So she wore her grandmother's wedding dress as a tribute.
So much so that once, Stephenson even asked her grandmother to keep hold of it so she could wear it for a special occasion. And when she realized her 80-year-old grandma wouldn't be able to travel to attend her graduation at Liverpool Hope University, Stephenson knew the time had come."I originally tried the dress on a few years ago, so I knew what it looked like on and her face then lit up," she told CNN.
Read MoreStephenson sported the dress under her cap and her gown last week, at the ceremony to collect her primary school teaching degree at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.Nora, her grandmother, lives in Carlisle, more than 130 miles from Liverpool. She was overwhelmed when she saw the pictures of her granddaughter, and honored that she chose that dress for her special day, Stephenson said.
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