Susan Petley's heart raced as she walked across the stage on graduation night at St. Michael's Adult Catholic High School in Windsor, Ont.
It was a moment she dreamt about for decades, but it was all wrong.
"There's hurt and anger and love," said Petley, describing the emotions that moved her to tears and a sweltering gymnasium into an emphatic ovation.
Petley was on hand to accept her daughter Bethany Anne Coupe's high school diploma after she died of cancer i
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