Many couples hang on to small mementos like cards or photographs that remind them of the happy times they’ve spent together, but this 91-year-old woman’s kids were shocked to find their mother had held on to every single box of chocolates she had ever gotten from their dad for Valentine’s Day.
Every year since the couple met, 93-year-old Bud Shurson made sure to treat his wife Phyllis to a heart-shaped box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day. Even when Bud was on the road as a truck driver, he always found a way to get the chocolates home to his wife.
“I knew he’d remember, because he always did,” Phyllis said about her husband, who once even paid a drug store owner to mail the box home for him.
When they first met, Bud was just returning home from serving as an airman in WWII and Phyllis was just starting out her nursing career alongside Bud’s sister, who introduced them. “She says I’ve got a good looking girl down here working with me. She said, ‘You’ll want to come down and meet her.’ Well my sister didn’t lie any,” Bud explained with a smile.
The boxes, which are a testament to their long marriage, were found in pristine condition and were taking up a considerable part of the attic. “I didn’t have the heart to throw them away,” Phyllis explained.
Watch the whole video below to see the sweet way this wife is remembering all the years of love and happiness that she’s shared with her husband.
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