Watch this video – This video has to be the sweetest, heart wrenching videos you must have ever watched. You could call it a symbol of true love.
Erin Solari uploaded this video on Facebook, which has been going viral. It is of her 92 year old grandfather Howard visiting his 93 year old wife Laura in a hospice care where she was spending her final days. The couple have been married for 73 years and according to Erin’s caption on the video, Howard serenades Laura with a song that they used to sing together and was ‘their song’. Erin mentions:
“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. Howard (Grandpa) is singing to her their love song, the song that comforted her when he went away to fight in World War II. At family gatherings, it was not uncommon for the two of them to sing this song together, each taking a verse and serenading the other. In fact, after fifty years of marriage, they renewed their vows and performed this song as a duet for the entire family at the reception. Sadly, Grandma is now too weak to sing, but that doesn’t stop her from saying the words to him (see at 1:00). Howard then takes over for her and sings the rest of the song to her while stroking her face.
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.”
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 few days.
People, such should be our relationship goals, and the effort definitely has to come from both sides. It makes you realize life is so loving and simple and it really doesn’t matter who puts more efforts in the relationship.
