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Do you want to hear the greatest love story in the world?

Two friends, Juleda and Zuby, in a small town in Kentucky were talking. Zuby's son was in the Air Force, and she was worried he would re-enlist, which she did not want him to do. So she asked Juleda if she could get her 16 year old daughter to write to her 21 year old son and ask him to come back to Kentucky. Juleda's daughter Zella protested, but did what her mother asked. She wrote "Dear Russ, You should come back to Kentucky. You don't know what you're missing". My grandfather read that letter and would later say "I came back to see just exactly what I was missing back home". My grandparents were married in April, 1950 and were married for over 61 years. Oh, and he re-enlisted anyway. (My stubborn streak is an inherited trait). My grandfather was my hero growing up. He was an Air Force veteran, who served in the Korean War. He retired from the air force and began working out at Cape Canaveral for one of the many companies that helped buil