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The Best Thing My Grandmother Ever Told Me

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I'm close to both of my grandmothers. That's one benefit of being born to young parents, you get to know your grandparents very well. Now one of my grandmothers is very sick. Today I thought of the great times we've shared and some of the things she has told me over the years. This is the best thing she ever told me. It's in regards to how she maintained a loving marriage for 60 years: " You get to a point where you've been with each other for so long and you've gone through so much together, that you can't imagine the other person not being there. You just live through so much together... if you stay together long enough ." My grandmother, grandfather, cousin, aunt, father and step-mother     If that sounds disappointingly unromantic, recall:  Love that stands the test of time does lose romance.   Romance is defined by Google Dictionary as:  a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. So, honestly, how...