Write a love story about an older couple who’ve been together since they were teenagers.

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Eternal Love

Melinda Madrigal

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Jacqueline and Matthew Shea have been together for 60 years, they have three children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, Jacqueline and Matthew's life have been filled with joy and happiness, but that sometimes joy and happiness comes with a price. Jacqueline and Matthew's love story begins in the summer of 1959 at the age of sixteen. Jacqueline and Matthew's story is unlike anything ever seen before. It was love at first sight for the both of them. July 4th 1959 at the annual Independence Day celebration is when their e...

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Brooklyn Rose

Annie James

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The year was 1959. Sixteen-year-old Henry Walsh walked into the crowded gymnasium holding the manicured hand of his date, Erica Astor. He pasted on a bright smile and did his best to look like he was having fun. Erica smiled back at him, showing that he had fooled her. Henry took a small flask out of the pocket of his blazer. Erica frowned at him. “I wish you wouldn’t drink,” she said, her tone icy. Henry shrugged. “I’ll take my fun while I can get it,” He thought. “By this time next year, I will be enrolled in NYU business school ...

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Thirty

Kelly Brackett

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Annabeth took in a deep breath, her eyes narrowing happily, as the spicy-sweet scent of her husband filled her nose. She stood in the kitchen; hands poised over the cutting board as she prepared their dinner for the evening. After spending her entire life with him, she still found herself occasionally surprised that they did not succumb to the status like their peers around them. Sure, Annabeth and William often argued, but it always focused on small things, like where the remote was or what the thermostat should be set at. What holds true f...

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The View From the Red House

Nina Thompson

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They move like machines, well-oiled and practiced. They are doing their dinner routine, both cooking together as they’ve done for the past fifty-seven years. Stir the soup, spin the salad, put the kettle on. The machines whir to a stop as they sit down at their table. Careful sighs as they adjust their time-worn bodies. The room around them is small. It just nearly fits their round table and the four cushioned chairs that breezed through four different homes with them. Monthly leg-tightening and yearly mending means that the chairs will b...

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Catherine and Will

Hugh Russel

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Catherine and Will He was only nineteen when he came back to Vancouver, the physical wounds from Vietnam would heal quickly but he was damaged, some would say he was broken, though he didn’t know at the time. He was suffering from delayed PTSD, a strange term that they wouldn’t conjure up for another ten years. But what it meant for him was that there was a gap in time, a gap he tried to fill with events he couldn’t remember. As far as he knew, there was no war for him, just selling shoes in town and painting abstract images back at ...

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Our Way

Bee Reed

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“Over here! I found it! Oh, hurry, you have to see it for yourself.” Beth called to me from a couple of rows away. I hurried as much as my 74 year old body would allow me to and joined her. There it was. Our headstone. Beth Upton-Williamson 1945- Margaret “Peg” Williamson-Upton 1946- Partners in life 60 years and counting “We did it our way.” The 60th Anniversary party was supposed to be a surprise, so naturally all three of the kids had called to warn us, each one making us promise to act surprised so the other two woul...

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My Only Love

Rajesh Patel

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Time does fly. Sometimes it seems like it was yesterday and sometimes it feels like it was ages ago. I met my wife when I was 15 years old. In high school. When I saw her the first time, I was in awe. I cannot explain the feeling. It is like my heart stopped beating. Time stopped. It felt like the world slowed down around me. All in slow motion. I remember, it was my first day of class of the year. Summer about to end. It was Tuesday after Labor Day. I was always and even today, a very punctual person. For some reason, t...

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Yarrow Flowers

Cadence Wood

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“C’mon Charlotte it will be fun!” Marie cheered as she rolled down the steep hill in the sunlit meadow. It was a beautiful spring day and the flowers had all bloomed. The world smelled like daisies and her beaming smile shone in the bright sun. Her eyes crinkled at the corners as she squinted in the direction of her high school lover. Charlotte walked over to sit beside Marie and she wrapped her arm around Marie’s shoulder. Marie leaned over and kissed Charlotte's cheek as they blushed simultaneously. They fell back in sync as they stared at...

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Together Forever

Jostar J.

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She sat alone, holding a cup of hot cocoa while watching the falling snow. Taking a sip from her warm mug, a pair of arms wrapped around her. "Come back to bed, it's early," the groggy voice said. "I will soon. I just want to watch the snow." "Honey it's freezing," he argued. "Yes, and I said I will soon." He kisses the back of her head. She never listens to him but he still loved her. He always has, the moment they met in high school. He could never take his eyes off of her. He rests his head on top of her head and pouts. "Still ...

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Bus stop

Supriya Choudary

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As I leaned over her forehead to kiss her good night, she held my hand tightly and smiled at me. Despite the grey hair, bi-focal glasses and a wrinkly mouth, her smile remained intact over all these years. To be precise, 55 years.I met my partner during our childhood. I was ten and she was nine. By the way, her name is Rina. She exuded confidence and was a lanky lass. So, was I. I felt a strange sense of happiness waiting for her at the bus stop. With little pear droplets on her ears, she would wave at me. We took the same bus and travelled ...

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A Really Truly Valentine's Story

Joan Harris

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A REALLY TRULY VALENTINE'S STORY BY JOAN HARRIS They have been married five times. FIVE TIMES? you say. Yup. Five times - but always to each other. The first was in December, 1959. She was still a teenager, he not much more, the second was on the event of their twenty-fifth anniversary. The third took place in the remarkable setting of the Vatican where their son was to be married the following day. The priest asked the couple, "Would you like to repeat your vows in this remarkable...

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Love me to the end.

Olive Njoki

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Love me to the end.“My back needs a rub. Oh, how I long for a swim!” Said Diana. Her husband Petero chuckled. They were lying on their lawn under a short, evergreen mango tree. Petero turned towards her and began massaging her slowly with his wrinkled but ever strong hands.“Like this?” he asked teasingly.“Oh yes, that feels nice.” Diana resp...

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It was the best of times it was the worst of times.

Jessie Andrews

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It was the best of times it was the worst of times. I could feel the Sweat as the beads ran down the back of my spine. The bright glare from overhead, the hands on the bank clock, said it was time to go. His suit was just in from the cleaners, not a Wrinkle insight. His shoes were polished to a bright shine. His hair done-up just so, a cut and a shave. Everyone thought I look like a million bucks. The car shined in the afternoon sun as I drove up to the big house on the left of 5th Avenue. I gathered all my courage. Flowers in ha...

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New Year's Sunrise

Alex Hosh

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The seventy-eighth new year’s sunrise of my life has begun. Cheerfully bright yellow rays escaped through the rocky drapes of the distant landscape and cast their beams upon the little viewing area where my wife and I were seated along with other fellow romantic gazers, casting long shadows soon to fade with the tick of the clock. The stars above, one by one, withdrew from the brightening sky as their purple sea faded into streaks of pink and yellow. Even the chilly vibes of the previous year’s final night has shifted. Do not ask me how, but...

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The Letter

April Moore

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“Thank you for coming.” Rachel said as she walked the last two guests to the door.“We wouldn’t have missed it. Your mother was a saint. I can’t believe she’s gone. What will I do without her…” Tears started to flood her Aunt’s already red eyes. Rachel knew she had to get them out fast otherwise she would be comforting her Aunt all night. Luckily her Uncle knew this too.“Let’s go Lorianne.” He said as he gently half guided half pushed his wife out the door. Before he closed the door he looked back at Rachel. “Take car...

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