She never stopped looking different to me!

My Grandmother and Granfather were two of my favorite peole. They taught us all over the course of life to love one another and always put family first.

My grandparents were married for 61 years and until death did they part. Over the course of their lives together, as many couples, they had disagreements and misunderstandings, but they never stopped loving one another. My grandfather was a prideful man, who would never take a shortcut to get a job done. He always felt like doing it right the first time, allows him to do something else later. A great viewpoint! He worked for 51 years and believe it or not, he never missed a day of work. Amazing man! One other note, he always felt like, if you have to ask if someone needs help, you really don't want to help them. Those who want to help, will just help! Now that you understand what type of man he was, let me help you see what type of husband he was.

In 1999, my grandfather passed due to two strokes. Before he passed, I asked him what the secret was. I wanted to know how he and my grandmother stayed married for so long. He said to me, "Your mama never stopped looking any differently to me that she did the day I met her!" At the time, I didn't understand. It was on March 18, my birthday, that my grandfather passed. I thought that I had received nothing for my day. But, I had been given so much from Grandfather; his memory on my birthday. I had also been given the revelation to his comment.

Get this:
My grandfather never stopped looking at my grandmothers heart! He never stopped looking at the person she was and she never stopped being the same person to him over the course of their lives. They remained loyal, honorable, respectful to one another as well as remembering what their purpose was for joining as a union in the first place.

Love exists for the purpose of sharing it with someone or many. Love lives to be apart of a unit!

Examine your unit and add more love to it!

This story is meaningful to me because it makes you see how often we take the people in our lives for granted. Also it allows you to see that people do chage physically, it is the evolution of life; from the time you are born you start to die. However, when you focus on the person and whom they are, you forget about what they are not.

My grandparents had it right, they loved one another and never stopped liking one another.