True love.  Does it really exist?  Sometimes we question it’s existence, and sometimes we think it’s impossible to attempt to gain.  There is no real answer or real definition of what it is, but I know it exists.  So despite the tragic statistics of divorces and marriage separations, I have hope that there are couples out there, young and old, who are sticking together, and still in love.

My grandparents have been married for over 65 years until my grandmother was killed during a robbery at their house a couple years ago.  At 90 years old, my grandfather has gone through some minor health problems, but still remains to stay strong and alive.  Months after my grandmother passed away, my grandfather called on her, looked around the house for her, and almost went mad because she was no where to be found.  It took a while for him to register in his mind that she was really gone but it finally sunk in.  She is gone.  And since that time, he would frequently sit in his chair, and gaze at his wedding photo with his wife of 65 years.

My mom told me that story the other day when I called to greet her Happy Mother’s Day.  We both cried.  That’s what she had with my dad, and that’s what I hope to have with my future husband; to keep a love and a marriage alive until death parts us.

Can you believe that at 90 years, you can still be in love with the same person you married 65 years ago?  I believe it, and I want that.  Do you?

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