3/20/19 Christan Patterson Mock Graduation at Hospice of East Texas by Sarah A. Miller
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Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson gets ready as the school, family and friends host a mock graduation ceremony for her father Mark Patterson to attend at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Darla Patterson gets her daughter, Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson, ready as the school, family and friends host a mock graduation ceremony for her father Mark Patterson to attend at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Darla Patterson gets her daughter, Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson, ready as the school, family and friends host a mock graduation ceremony for her father Mark Patterson to attend at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson walks past her father Mark Patterson during her mock graduation ceremony at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mark Patterson watches his daughter Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson be honored by the school's principal during a mock graduation ceremony at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson visits with her father Mark Patterson at the conclusion of her mock graduation ceremony at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mark Patterson rests in his hospital bed as his wife Darla Patterson speaks during a mock graduation ceremony for their daughter Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mark Patterson rests in his hospital bed as his wife Darla Patterson speaks during a mock graduation ceremony for their daughter Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mark Patterson rests in his hospital bed as his wife Darla Patterson speaks during a mock graduation ceremony for their daughter Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Darla Patterson hugs her daughter, Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson, as the school, family and friends host a mock graduation ceremony for her father Mark Patterson to attend at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson leans in to kiss her father Mark Patterson at the conclusion of her mock graduation ceremony at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson leans in to kiss her father Mark Patterson at the conclusion of her mock graduation ceremony at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson leans in close to her father Mark Patterson at the conclusion of her mock graduation ceremony at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Cake is set out for a reception for Lindale High School senior Christan Patterson's mock graduation ceremony for her father Mark Patterson to attend at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler on Wednesday March 20, 2019. Being able to see Christan graduate was one of Mark's life goals. Mark has late stage Esophageal cancer. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)