In a world where marriages don't always last, there's Mike and Catherine. They've been married over 70 years. Catherine is 88 years old, and Mike is 92. They live in Connecticut in a small white cottage in the country.
We moved next to them this summer and I was asked to help make them breakfast and lunch on the weekends. I was thrilled that I was asked because I know that deep down in my heart I want to be just like them some day. When I'm old, I want to live at home and be in love.
They make the perfect couple. Catherine happens to have lost most of her mind and can't recall much but she is pysically able to do almost anything. She takes long walks around the lake and picks up sticks for the fireplace. When she gets home she puts the sticks in the front room and she has an entire room full of sticks! When I get old, I'm putting stick gathering on the top of my to do list. Mike is physically very weak but he can get around the house. His mind however, is as sharp as a whip! He can remember back during World War II when he was friends with President Roosevelt. Like I said, they make the perfect team. Catherine does anything physical for them and Mike is the brainy one. He's quite brilliant and has done many unique things throughout his life, like building our town's first firetruck.
I'm off to help them make breakfast for the first time!
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