In a touching display of affection, a 92-year-old man from Gainesville, Florida, has poured out his heart to his dying wife. He comforted her by singing to her at a hospice.
The footage which has caused a global reaction was posted online by their granddaughter Erin Solari, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, who reportedly broke in tears right after she was done recording it.
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Speaking to ABC News, Solari said: “We knew that this was probably the last time, so we wanted to capture that moment.”
Howard Serena, 92, sang You’ll Never Know by Rosemary Clooney and Harry James to Laura, 93, his partner of 73 years.
The video brought tears to Erin Solari, even as she expressed joy in having recorded the scene.
“For me, right after the video, I was so overcome.
“I broke down and started crying. I was so happy that I’d captured this moment for my family. It touched me, so it doesn’t surprise me that it touched other people as well.”
Howard, a father of nine, tried to touch Laura’s face in the process of reaching out to her, but it’s a completely emotional scene given she’s partially deaf, nearly blind and so struggles to sing along.
It is obviously hard for the pair to communicate to each other but they defy the odds.
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“This kind of thing between them, singing to each other, wasn’t uncommon in our family. They were always singing and dancing and they’d be very vibrant in that way,” Solari told ABC News.
The footage has hit over four million views on Youtube, and even though a bit of a family affair, Solari says her people are proud and excited to let the world in on their private life.
“I know it seems private, but my family is very proud and happy to share this love with the world. As for the feedback, all the love and support we’ve gotten, being around my grandmother, I believe it maybe it had a little bit of an impact of her feeling better. She’s been able to go home and we are very appreciative of that as well,” Solari said.
Here’s the video below:
Right under the video, Erin Solari wrote on Youtube:
“My grandparents Laura and Howard have been married 73 years. In this video Howard is 92 and Laura is 93. Laura (Grandma) is at a hospice facility making peace with her final days. I was lucky enough to capture this precious, heart-melting moment between the two of them. Howard (Grandpa) is singing to her their love song, the song that comforted her when he went away to fight in World War II.
“At family gatherings, it was not uncommon for the two of them to sing this song together, each taking a verse and serenading the other. In fact, after fifty years of marriage, they renewed their vows and performed this song as a duet for the entire family at the reception. Sadly, Grandma is now too weak to sing, but that doesn’t stop her from saying the words to him.
“Moments before this video began, when Grandma heard that Grandpa was in the room, she asked if she could hold him. Grandpa cannot stand on his own, but he immediately pulled his wheelchair close to her bed ready to make it happen. My cousin, Serena, who is a physical therapist, helped him to his feet and held him up throughout the entire song.
You might notice above her bed there is a sign that says, “Patient Blind.” That is because she has macular degeneration, so she cannot see much of anything but shadows and light. That doesn’t stop her from looking deep into her love’s eyes. Grandpa, on the other hand, has lost most of his hearing, so you’ll notice us repeating things for him since Grandma is to weak to raise her voice.
The song used in the video is “You’ll Never Know” performed by Rosemary Clooney with Harry James. Our family prefers this version because everyone always said Grandma had a voice just like Rosemary Clooney.”
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