A Manhattan bride planned her fairy tale wedding which included a reception at the luxurious Harold Pratt House in the Upper East Side; however, the groom-t0-be’s dream wedding included a prenuptial agreement that the bride said she was not comfortable signing. As a result, the bride-to-be called off her wedding and decided that she would turn her frustration into something good by offering a pre-Mother’s Day luncheon to needy families. The bride used her $8,000 reception deposit to provide a group of needy families with a fun day filled with food, face painting, ice pops and balloons.

The Daily Mail reports that bride-to-be Yiru Sun planned a dream wedding and reception at the Harold Pratt House in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Yiru Sun is a vice president of New York Life Insurance and a single mother to a six-year-old daughter. Sun thought she was planning a future with her future husband, but two months ago she realized that the relationship wouldn’t work out when she read over the prenuptial agreement that her husband-to-be wanted her to sign. After reading the prenup, Sun said she did not feel comfortable signing the document and ultimately called off her wedding.

As a result, the $8,000 deposit that Sun put down for her wedding reception at Harold Pratt House was seemingly useless. However, upon further thought, Sun says she worked through her initial feelings of frustration and realized that this was an opportunity to turn her dream day into a fairy tale for someone else. Sun decided to use the funds to provide needy families in the area the ability to enjoy the luxurious food that she had planned for her wedding guests while turning it into a festival of sorts by offering face painting, balloons and ice pops to children attending her event.

“At that moment, I started to think it was God’s plan. I cannot be the princess of my wedding day, but I can give the kids a fairy tale.”

As a single mother, Yiru wanted her event to focus on children. Therefore, Sun decided to turn what was supposed to be her big day into a day that the children wouldn’t forget. Yiru Sun says that though the day was not what she originally intended for her event at Harold Pratt House, she says that it made her happy to look around and see her guests enjoying themselves. She notes that the children and their families seemed happier than any wedding guest who would have attended her nuptials.

“My guests feel even more happier than wedding guests. They don’t need to prepare wedding gifts.”

According to the New York Post, Yiru donned her wedding gown for the big event and was able to host 60 needy children and their families at the Harold Pratt House with her wedding reception deposit. Yiru refused to disclose details on her pre-wedding breakup, only noting that she was not comfortable signing the prenup that was presented to her before the wedding. Yiru revealed to guests that she was initially “frustrated” after learning her special day would not take place as planned. However, she says that just six days after calling off the wedding, she knew that she could turn the ruined wedding into something good for other families.

The children attending the event were thankful for what Yiru sacrificed to offer them such an amazing experience. One 10-year-old girl who attended the party said that the event was special because Yiru cancelled her own big day to do something fun for kids. She also thought the ice pops were a nice touch.

“It’s special because this lady canceled a special day for her family and herself just for little kids to have fun. And she brought ice pops.”

[Image via Facebook/ Yiru Sun]