A Nebraska high school teen’s senior pictures have gone viral as she remembers her father in a special way.
Julia Yllescas’s father, U.S. Army Captain Robert Yllescas, died in 2008 after he was injured by an IED in Afghanistan. Yllesca says when it came time to take her senior pictures, she wanted him to be there in some way.
She asked the photographer if she could create an “angel picture.” She sent in photos of her father and here’s what she got back in return – images of her standing holding a flag with a faint image of her father standing next to her and another faint image of him sitting next to her on a bench.
“I almost felt when I saw those pictures that he truly was there,” Yllescas told KOLN.
Being an active-duty military wife herself, the photographer said she was honored to take the photos.
“I was teary-eyed when I was editing them, all I could think in my head is I don’t ever want to have to do this for my own kids,” says photographer Susanne Beckmann.
For the high school senior, the photos are a reminder that, although her dad is not physically with her, he will always be right by her side.
