This special couple have been married for 75 years and they know all about the importance of family.
Kayla Tracy, the couple’s great-granddaughter, shared their story that shows what true love looks like and the hope they both had at the prospect of a new baby to hold.
Kayla said her great-grandfather served in WWII and he lives by the motto ‘Work every day or you’ll be shorted one.’
Kayla told Love What Matters: “This man is blind and has lost 90 percent of his hearing, and still works a log slitter and feeds the fish in their pond on his 85-acre land,”
The couple had three boys and now they have seven great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Kayla said: “Seventy five years. Seventy five years is how long these two lovebirds have been married. Within those 75 years there have been many heartaches, as well as laughs and good times. They are a Godly couple through and through and were always at church every Sunday,”
But recently the family received some devastating news. Kayla’s great-grandmother, 92, was told that she only had three weeks left to live after her doctor said she was showing signs of renal failure.
According to Kayla, her sister decided to quit her job to take care of her. Her sister was also pregnant at the time but she cared for their great-grandmother until she went into labor at 36 weeks.
Kayla said: “My great-grandmother would tell her, ‘I just want to live long enough to see that baby girl.’ The day Magnolia Jean arrived, my great-grandmother was so excited! Especially since Magnolia is named after her, Jean Roper,”.
As soon as her sister gave birth, Kayla said that her great-grandmother started to show signs of recovery. The woman was making meals and doing chores around the house; she couldn’t wait until she could hold her new great-great-grandchild.
Kayla, a professional photographer, captured the special moment on camera.
Kayla said her great-grandmother continued to get stronger and nine weeks after she was given the heartbreaking diagnosis. The woman and her husband celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. At that time, Kayla was there to capture images of the two on their 85-acre estate.
Kayla, who runs her own photography business Kayla Tracy Photography, said: “Taking these photos is one of the many reasons I became a photographer. To be able to pause these moments for my family and for them, means everything to me,”.
“I enjoy photographing them every second I get. I am so blessed to have been able to capture such true love. Such a love I can only hope for with my husband. I want everyone to see these photos and know, true love is real.”
Source: Love What Matters, en.newsner.com
