Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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The Notebook in Real Life!
A recent article on Fox 8 in Akron, Ohio reported a touching news story about a couple who took care of each other to the very end. Sixty-four years ago, James and Lauretta Burke exchanged their wedding vows; now, James is gone, but the love he shared with Lauretta warms the hearts of all who knew them. Peg Zimmer, James and Lauretta’s daughter, says that the love her parents shared has parallels to the couple in the movie The Notebook.James and Lauretta met at a party shortly after James returned home from World War II. They soon married, settled down in Akron, Ohio, and raised nine children. As the couple grew older, they both began to experience medical problems: Lauretta developed dementia, while James experienced heart disease. Although both of them endured a great amount of physical and emotional pain because of their respective illnesses, they still took care of one another. James, like the elderly man in The Notebook, tried to help his wife with her dementia by telling her stories about all of the great times they shared together, and Lauretta was constantly supporting James through the ups and downs with his heart disease.
Lauretta was by James’ side until the moment he passed away. Shortly before James took his last breath, a family member took a picture of the two of them together as they gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes in James’ final living moments. One of their grandchildren put the picture next to the couple’s wedding picture, and the two pictures went viral on the Internet.
James and Lauretta had nine children together, and none of their children are divorced. The children attribute their strong, lasting marriages to having two parents who set a great example of a loving relationship for them.
Do you know of a couple whose marriage serves as a great example of what you believe a strong marriage should be? Do you know of a couple whose love story parallels that of a love story in a movie, in a novel, or on TV?
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This makes me happy.
how heart warming :]
I sure hope that their story wasn't exactly like The Notebook. If I remember correctly the main couple cheated on their partners to be together instead of breaking up with their to-pass-the-time couples to be with each other. Other than that, this is a nice thing to read.
@xinq@xanga - You're sort of right. She cheated on her fiance and broke up with him shortly after. I'm not condoning cheating by any means but when she figured out who she wanted to be with she did the right thing and ended things.
Also he was not with that other woman they were only sleeping together they were not girlfriend and boyfriend.
Also the Notebook is a true story.
There is nothing better than having someone love you through the best and the worst parts of life.
I do not know anyone whose life story parallels the Notebook. But, what a wonderful love story that was !!
Awww, this was a good story :)
@SHEERROSE@xanga - I think Nicholas Sparks put some of the things that happened in his life that he witnessed, but I wouldn't say it was based on a true story. At least not the whole story entirely.
As for this post, I would say my parent's have been very good example for how true love should be. They put Noah & Ally to shame. =)
@Mrs_FoodLover@xanga - from my understanding this story was about his first wife's grandparents
How sweet
Sadly, no, not really. I've always wanted to. *sigh* That was sweet. Thanks for sharing!!
Hmm. I always thought that what made the story of The Notebook, was that they spent 7 years apart before getting back together and were still in love as if nothing happened at all.
This story warms my heart <3 god bless them
awwww that was so frickin' cute ! thanks for sharing this heart warming post !