Ninety-five-year-old Violet Kosinski is hobbling around a ward at Ridge Meadows Hospital, after breaking her hip last week.

Meanwhile, her 98-year-old husband, Roy, is going a little stir crazy in their 600-square-foot room at the Wesbrooke retirement home in Pitt Meadows 91裸聊视频� confined, as a precaution, due to the coronavirus.

The pair hadn91裸聊视频檛 been planning any big celebration for their 76th wedding anniversary yesterday (April 29), but they had at least expected to spend it together.

Now, the couple must be content to mark the anniversary of their wartime nuptials via FaceTime 91裸聊视频� a technology not surprisingly foreign to the elderly pair, explained their daughter Barb Serr.

91裸聊视频淵ou couldn91裸聊视频檛 get more complicated if we tried,91裸聊视频� Serr said, eternally grateful to the nursing staff at both health care facility and the social support workers who are going to be helping make this couple91裸聊视频檚 connection on Wednesday possible.

91裸聊视频淭hey haven91裸聊视频檛 seen each other for a week, and Dad is very concerned and anxious to know that Mom is really okay,91裸聊视频� said the eldest of two Kosinski siblings. 91裸聊视频淗e needs to see for himself.91裸聊视频�

Initially, the hope was to have a large family dinner to mark their anniversary. The couple has two children, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and now a great-great grandchild.

But, with the arrival of COVID and the necessity for self-isolating, that became impossible. Maybe, Serr said, a family gathering can be planned once the dangers of the pandemic are quelled.

Asked what it91裸聊视频檚 like to celebrate such a milestone anniversary, Violet said: 91裸聊视频淲e celebrated so many of them, it doesn91裸聊视频檛 seem like anything different.91裸聊视频�

But admittedly, this one is very different, Serr interjected, since they won91裸聊视频檛 be able to actually celebrate together.

This couple was married in Winnipeg in 1944, six months after they met at a community barn dance that Violet admittedly didn91裸聊视频檛 even want to attend.

As if it was yesterday, Violet recounted how she came in and spotted a Canadian air force mechanic huddled by the woodstove trying to stay warm. He captivated her and the rest was history.

91裸聊视频淚 looked over, and he looked over, and that was it91裸聊视频� We danced for the rest of the night,91裸聊视频� Violet said.

Reflecting back on their life together, and what got them through, both agree 91裸聊视频渁 good sense of humour,91裸聊视频� has been essential.

91裸聊视频淣obody can live that long without an argument once in a while,91裸聊视频� Roy added. 91裸聊视频淏ut, you get over that and carry on.91裸聊视频�

Their lengthy love story continues to inspire Serr.

91裸聊视频淭hey have been through polio, Scarlett fever, the Second World War 91裸聊视频� of which dad is a veteran 91裸聊视频� and now this. Still able to laugh, tell a joke, and of course [share] so many wonderful stories,91裸聊视频� Serr said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 quite something to be together for 76 years91裸聊视频� This is a wonderful story of love and sorrow and always a shining smile through their life adventures.91裸聊视频�

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