The groom-to-be is 83. The bride-to-be is 78. Fifty years ago they got divorced and on April 14, Harold Holland and Lillian Barnes will tie the knot - again.
According to the Lexington Herald Leader, the couple from Kentucky, US was first married in 1955 and had five children together. In 1967, they split up but stayed friendly. Both remarried. Both their spouses died in 2015.
Cut to 50 years later, when Mr Holland and Ms Barnes attended a family reunion together. Sparks flew, they admitted, and the two decided to rekindle their romance.
Their grandson, who is a minister, will perform their wedding ceremony at a local church on April 14.
"We'll go do whatever we want to, whenever we want to do it," Mr Holland told the Lexington Herald Leader. "I'll take her wherever she wants to go."
Didn't this sweet love story renew your faith in love? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
According to the Lexington Herald Leader, the couple from Kentucky, US was first married in 1955 and had five children together. In 1967, they split up but stayed friendly. Both remarried. Both their spouses died in 2015.
Cut to 50 years later, when Mr Holland and Ms Barnes attended a family reunion together. Sparks flew, they admitted, and the two decided to rekindle their romance.
Their grandson, who is a minister, will perform their wedding ceremony at a local church on April 14.
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"We'll go do whatever we want to, whenever we want to do it," Mr Holland told the Lexington Herald Leader. "I'll take her wherever she wants to go."
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Didn't this sweet love story renew your faith in love? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
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