A father who was diagnosed with stage 4-pancreatic cancer and his family were given the opportunity to share a memory that every dad and daughter should have before leaving this world.

Jim Zetz, 62, was diagnosed with the terminal disease last year and may not have much time left so Professional photographer Lindsey Villatoro, a lifestyle, family and wedding photographer based in Calif., thought of an idea that would create lasting memory.

"I decided that I can give someone the gift that people don't even think about," she told TODAY.com. "I wanted to not just photograph people for memories, but for lasting impressions."

Zetz and his wife Grace met Villatoro for a photo session in February, and the photographer offered to return and give them a free session with their daughter Josie, who would be soon celebrating her 11th birthday.

Villatoro was so overwhelmed with the thought that Josie would be losing her father so young, that she decided to make Josie's 11^th birthday one that not only touched the Zetz family but families across America.

"I have an 11-year-old, so I basically just thought, if her dad wasn't here, what would she want?" Villatoro continued. "And I just thought about Josie being at her wedding in 20 years, and all of a sudden this video pops up and it's this little girl in an oversized wedding dress [walking down the aisle] with her dad."

After getting the approval of Josie's mother, Villatoro organized the surprise event in just three days. Everyone volunteered their services, Villatoro was able to secure a designer gown, hair and makeup, flowers, catering and a pastor for the mini-"wedding," which was held in the Zetzs' backyard.

Villatoro states she was honored to have organized the event. "No one ever thinks of the celebration of that person until they've died," she explained. "These types of moments are just special moments with the family when that person is still there, and they get to enjoy these moments together."

Pastor Gary Galbraith who officiated the moving event with no groom, told Josie during the ceremony, "your dad may not get to see you get married, but he is here to walk you down the aisle today," according to The Press-Enterprise. "The daddy and daughter relationship is one of the most special relationships in life."

After Zetz gave his daughter a promise ring, Galbraith pronounced them "daddy and daughter."