True love do exists. From the beginning of time God created Earth and us, there’s love. Love is in everything we see and feel around us and there’s no way it’s impossible to believe its magic.
What is love? What does it feel to love and be loved? Many of us would question its existence and get disappointed on how it affects our individuality. But love speaks no harm and pain. Love is love. It is indeed a wonderful feeling God has given us to cherish.
If you need some reminder of what love is, here’s for you. These love stories only proves that love knows no boundaries and stays forever.
1. More Than Eggs and Toast
According to Parenting online, when a pregnant Shirley Sirivong was put on bed rest and a strict diabetic diet, her husband Gat vowed not to let it get her down. Instead of dishing up the same old eggs and toast each day, he began creating works of art just for her. As time went on and Shirley got closer to her much-anticipated due date, the creations only continued to get more elaborate.
2. A Love That Knows No Species
John Unger adopted Schoep as a puppy; 19 years later, when Schoep was diagnosed with arthritis, John saw to it that his best friend wouldn’t suffer through life. Every single night he took Schoep to Lake Superior for a pain-relieving, mind-soothing float. Their routine caught media attention and soon enough, donations to help Schoep live out his best life possible came streaming in. John and Schoep’s story of unconditional love touched so many lives that the donations soon exceeded demand. And so, in another act of love, John and Schoep’s veternarian started Schoep’s Legacy Foundation for low-income families to care for their animals.
3. Long-Distance Love
Irina and Woodford McClellan married in 1974, but shortly after, Woodford’s visa expired. Without choice, he was sent out of the Soviet Union. Woodford tried to return for Irina, but was not successful. After 11 years of long-distance correspondence, it was Irina who was finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union to move to the United States. Woodford was waiting at the airport. You can read their full story in Irina’s words in Of Love and Russia.
4. Reunited After 60 Years
The Telegraph reports: Three days after marrying Anna Kozlov, Boris was sent to rejoin his Red Army unit. When he returned, Anna had already been internally exiled in Siberia due to Stalin’s purges. It would be 60 years before they saw each other again. When it happened during Boris’ visit to his parents’ grave site, it was like no time had passed at all. Boris looked at Anna and said, “My darling, I’ve been waiting for you for so long. My wife, my life…”
5. Star-Studded Love
Most celebrity marriages are nothing to get teary-eyed over, but Beyoncé and Jay-Z prove you can have something real even when you live in a world that’s a fantasy to others. In a conversation with Oprah, Bey attributed the couple’s success to the fact that she balances her independence with her strong love for her husband. Go Bey!
6. Love For All
This picture says it all: selfless love exists, so start spreading it around.
7. The Love Between A Man And His Dog
This is what truly dedicated love looks like.
8. Lessons Of Love
John Allen reteaches the alphabet to his girlfriend, Linda, after she survived a stroke.
9. Loyal Love
This German Shepherd loyally sits on his human companion’s grave site every single day at 6 p.m. He’s been doing this for six years.
10. Six Decades Of Love
This love story is almost too sweet to bear. James Burke was introduced to Lauretta shortly after returning home from war in 1945. Knowing he had to marry this woman, he didn’t waste a single second asking for her hand. However, Lauretta stood her ground that she needed to finish college first–and she did. She graduated on a Tuesday and they were married that Saturday. Over 60 love-filled years brought this couple nine children, 23 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and, sadly, a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s for Lauretta and heart complications for James. According to his granddaughter Colleen, James began “basically living for her” after her diagnosis. So when it was clear James wouldn’t be around to help Lauretta any longer, he used his last minutes alive to write out instructions to provide his wife with the best care possible. What’s that saying? Love is selfless, love is kind? Yeah, this time it sure was.
11. Eternally Together
National Geographic tells us that this couple, found in Mantua, Italy, has been embracing like that for 5,000 years!
So, don’t feel so hopeless. God save someone for your life. TRUE LOVE do exists.