Posted on 09/25/2015 10:14:59 PM PDT by bronxville
>My grandparents Laura and Howard have been married 73 years. In this video Howard is 92 and Laura is 93. Laura (Grandma) is at a hospice facility making peace with her final days. I was lucky enough to capture this precious, heart-melting moment between the two of them.
Moments before this video began, when Grandma heard that Grandpa was in the room, she asked if she could hold him. Grandpa cannot stand on his own, but he immediately pulled his wheelchair close to her bed ready to make it happen. My cousin, Serena, who is a physical therapist, helped him to his feet and held him up throughout the entire song.
You might notice above her bed there is a sign that says, “Patient Blind.” That is because she has macular degeneration, so she cannot see much of anything but shadows and light. That doesn’t stop her from looking deep into her love’s eyes. Grandpa, on the other hand, has lost most of his hearing, so you’ll notice us repeating things for him since Grandma is to weak to raise her voice.
The song used in the video is “You’ll Never Know” performed by Rosemary Clooney with Harry James. Our family prefers this version because everyone always said Grandma had a voice just like Rosemary Clooney.
After posting this video to Facebook, it began to go viral and all the outpouring of love lifted everyone's spirits... including Grandma's! They originally gave her just a week to live, but hospice eventually deemed her well enough to go back home to live out her remaining days. As of this posting my beautiful Grandma Laura Virginia is still with us resting peacefully at home. Our family along with the wonderful people from hospice are taking care of her and making sure she remains as pain-free and comfortable as possible while she prepares for her nearing departure. We all thank you so much for the love and kind words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3a8dTtc4Zo
This brings me to tears. I hope and pray they can live forever together in Heaven!
Our sentimental selfish humanity loves those thoughts, but they are clearly not seen within Scripture. We, if we are Christians, are the Bride of Christ, forever...
The profound, underlying truth of the Scriptures which identify the “bride” is that we are not only invited to Jesus’ wedding, but we are in fact His bride – the one to whom He, our Bridegroom, shall be wed. Whether you are a man or a woman, you have been created to be the bride of Christ, because there is no distinction of gender in the eyes of our Creator. God is making ready a bride for His eternal intimacy. Is your heart longing to be His bride? Have you made yourself ready? -Bride of Christ
Matthew 22: 23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. ...
Incredibly touching, special and a blurry screen here to. Much thanks for putting that up. Give it a look FReepers.
For God’s sake, get over your pious, smug self.
I’ll watch the video and think good things about this beautiful couple and hope that they live in heaven together.
That’s beautiful. They are lovers holding hands at Heaven’s Gate. They are experiencing this together.
You must be a lot of fun at parties.
How WONDERFUL and BEAUTIFUL is marriage between a man and a woman that really love one another! I celebrate this loving couple. I have been married for 48 years and I love my wife and thank God for her each and every day. We pray together, laugh together, cry together and serve God together. If you haven’t already done so today, tell your wife you love her.
Not smug, certainly not pious. BUT, I do have a very good knowledge of Scripture. Apparently you missed those classes!
Are you Roman Catholic? That would explain things!
I can’t watch that
I DO NOT want to survive the mother of my children...the love of my life al these years
Checked into motel in Louisville tonight on way home
Clerk automatically gave me AARP discount even as i was scolding the libtard organization
Frightening I tell Ya
No shite
You wonder about folks here sometimes I swear
Life is effing painful And joyous
That we hope to be with God in the afterlife is beside the point
I’m sure God understands we are merely human after all
Christ suffered immensely in death
By that measure I think we are allowed to as well
I refuse to take their discounts and anything that comes in the mail with that noxious abbreviation on it is shredded instantly. Here's exactly what the AARP means to me.
“Not smug, certainly not pious”.
Whatever you are, I want no part of it....or you. Your whole attitude is repulsive and not compatible to anything I would care to be part of.
I hope you receive love and comfort such as is exhibited by that beautiful couple, while on your death bed.
End of conversation
Good for you
I offered triple A and said I didn’t have an AARP card cause they were tards
The clerk insisted it was 10 dollars more discount than AAA
I had driven 700 miles today and wasn’t in the mood to proselytize much and he thought he was being helpful....I guess I looked pore
I’ll try not to disappoint again...lol
No shite
You wonder about folks here sometimes I swear
Life is effing painful And joyous
That we hope to be with God in the afterlife is beside the point
I’m sure God understands we are merely human after all
Christ suffered immensely in death
By that measure I think we are allowed to as well
Well said.
I hope that poster receives love and comfort when he’s on his death bed.
You disagreement is focused on me, but shows that you do not agree with the Word of God. That is your problem, FRiend, not mine.
I will stick with Scripture!
I lost my other half last year, we were assaulted, she was struck in the throat by a knife wielding youth, when i intervened i was stabbed about twenty times, both my lungs collapsed from internal bleeding, but after i subdued him and tried to stop my bleeding i held her hand as she passed away.
a little over a year ago, but every day i see her waiting for me, time means nothing to her in her place, i age a year its but a heartbeat to her.
She waits patiently in a place i saw in a dream, i searched the globe for that place, saw a video by chance of a small beach side resort south of Adelaide Australia, its a near perfect match,
I spent my summer spending my wages on tickets, very hard to work with damaged lungs and nerves, perpetual pain in my upper back from the knife wounds, i bought a 40 foot reefer trailer, using it to store my tools and motorcycle collection.
I don’t know what will be there in Oz, i have 5 weeks booked, frankly i am just throwing it all in the air and watching to see which way the wind blows, i told my family back in Alaska is possible i may not return.
Going to arrive in Sydney dec 5th, her birthday.....
God bless you two.
You do absolutely nothing to entice anyone to learn Scripture. As I said, you repulse people.
I don’t believe God looks upon your approach favorably.
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