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Ovako izgleda ljubav koja traje već pune 63 godine

Wanda i Joe par su koji savršeno dobro pokazuje što je ljubav. Ovaj prekrasni par proslavio je 63 godine svoje ljubavi, a sve je to zabilježila fotografkinja i njihova unuka Shalyn Nelson koji je ovjekovječio njihovu ljubav koja je jednako jaka kao i prije 63 godine.

Ovaj prekrasni par još uvijek u sebi skriva predivnu ljubav jedno prema drugome što se može vidjeti i na fotografijama.

Unuka je od milja zove moja Papaw i moja Mamaw, a jedna od njihovih prekrasnih izjava bila je:

"Zasadio mi je grm ruže odmah ispod prozora spavaće sobe onda kad je kuća bila napravljena.", izjavila je Mamaw, dok Papaw dodaje: "Wanda je ruža u mom životu, no ima i nekoliko trnja...tu i tamo."

Kako izgleda njihova 63-godišnja ljubavna priča pogledajte u nekoliko unukinih fotografija.

Wow. Just wow. I'm pretty sure this photo describes how my grandparents and I have felt these past 48 hours. I have been everywhere on the emotional scale: from feeling my heart beat outside of my chest, to shedding tears, to laughs, and of course, there have been some very big smiles. I don't know how to express how I truly feel, but I wanted to first say hello to all of the new faces around here who have taken the time to comment, share their love, their stories, and most of all your prayers. I have read every. single. one. After @buzzfeed shared my heart and my grandparents shoot, I haven't been able to even process the kindness and love we have been shown. It truly blows me away. There is so much good in the world...full of good, good people. I know it's been hard to see it lately in the news, but I can truly attest to this. The magnitude of the reaction we have been blessed with has come down to one thing for us... and that is Him! Glory to God! I have no doubt in my mind that He has had a huge hand in this all with the timing of my Papaw's health. And the prayers have been heard. My Papaw is not out of the woods yet...but he is on the mend. I know the power of prayer from all of you made this happen. Words will never do justice for the amount of gratitude I have for y'alls support. Some of you have been there every step of the way, and some of you just started following my journey for my #lovethenelsonsproject. Regardless, y'all have my back, given me encouragement when I needed it, and have even been frustrated when I got busy and let my project sit aside while life got in the way... Which in turn, fueled my fire. My heart, sweat and tears behind this project are very real and just knowing I have support from old friends, and new (hi guys!!!) makes this that much more special. I'm in awe of the blessings in my life and that includes YOU. So basically, what I'm saying is THANK YOU. I hope to create something beautiful for y'all and promise to make this happen. No matter what. Stay tuned! I promise it will be worth it! Sending so much love and the biggest freaking hugs I have y'alls way! ❤️

A photo posted by Shalyn Nelson (@shalynnelson) on Jul 29, 2016 at 5:39pm PDT

"Walking through life together... But the trail is getting short." - My Papaw, Joe R. Johnson I've been quiet around here lately. There are many reasons, but most importantly, I've been a ball of stress and nerves because my Papaw went back into the hospital last week. On Thursday, we were told that he wouldn't make it through the night. Oddly enough, I got this news right after I watched Miracles in Heaven. (You should watch it if you haven't!) My Mom tried to prep me for the inevitable because he's been in and out of the hospital a lot these past few months and hasn't got any better. I decided to be stubborn, naturally, and forced myself to stay positive and hopeful through many tears that took over my face when she told me things weren't looking good. I got off the phone and I went to my knees and prayed hard for God to give my Papaw strength more than I think I ever have before. And here we are, a week later, and the man is still fighting. The Dr.'s performed a heart ablation surgery on Friday that they didn't think he would be strong enough to make it through. But he did. He has fluid on his lungs and his kidneys are slowly starting to fail because of all the medications, but he's still fighting. Because he's a bad ass.

"Dearest Wanda, it’s been a long time since I have written you a letter. I think it was when I was working in Canada, that I wrote you last. Anyway, I still love you just as much, probably more. The years have gone by fast. One morning you just wake up and you are OLD. Anyway, I wouldn’t trade them for all the gold in Alaska. We had 3 great kids and lots of fun raising them. Most of the time. We carried them to movies, playgrounds, swimming, ballgames, parties, etc. I wish that we could bring back some of those days. Now they have kids of their own which we have watched them grow, and some now with kids of their own. We must be real old. The days we had at the Freez-It at Fairfield and The Dixie Queen at Jewett and built the Rocket Drive-In with a 30’ rocket ship on the roof, those were the very hard years with lots of hard work and no vacations. I still worked my engineering job in Houston thru the week, and weekends at the drive-in businesses. Later, we got smart and got out of the drive in business. Later I retired, and we moved back to Jewett. We got into the ranching business. We made a lake and called it Hidden Lake Ranch. Found out that was a lot of hard work too. Now that we are in our Golden years, I think that we have turned to rust with all the Dr.’s we see. Anyway, I will close this letter to you saying I love you as much today as the day I married you. And just think, the license only cost $2.00. The best bargain I ever made. With all my love for you, Joe." Happy 65th Anniversary Mamaw and Papaw! I love you both so so so much!

Papaw: "Oh! I don't think I've had this much action in a long longgg time." Me: "I got your back Papaw. That's what granddaughters are for."

"Sometimes... just sometimes when people say forever, they mean it." ❤️ I have so much brewing over here in my heart that I'm eager to share. But for now, I just wanted to share this photo and a part of my mission with y'all tonight. I see this photo of my Mamaw and Papaw and think, I wonder what @ddhp and I will look like at this age. I hope we never forget to laugh. And flirt. And love without abandon. Lately I have been praying fearfully about my #oldlovebook. I have hope that it will open eyes and change bitter and tired hearts so that people view marriage as 100/100. Not 50/50. Bottom line: You have to give it all you've got. #thehearthasnowrinkles #lovethenelsonsproject #oldlovebook

A photo posted by Shalyn Nelson (@shalynnelson) on Dec 15, 2015 at 4:52pm PST