Teen Girl's Boyfriend Dumps Her, Then 66 Years Later She Receives Concerning News

teen girl's boyfriend dumps her then 66 years later she receives concerning news hollywood has a tendency to put the high school sweethearts love story up on a pedestal in reality life's a little different and love is a rocky road even for couples who were ready for a lifetime together frederick paul and florence harvey seemed to be just that couple from their tender teen years they were smitten with each other but after frederick left town one day it seemed all hope was lost that they'd ever see each other again for everyone who'd known the duo in their tiny 21 family village this came as a shock frederick and florence had been young when they met but they'd hit it off immediately she was 13 he was 16 and it all started at their two-room school house in 1951. in such a small school the teens were bound to run into one another frederick liked florence right away so he began walking her home from the schoolhouse with their paths crossed their feelings grew quickly and they began spending as much time as they could together they fell deeply in love and they struck up sweet traditions i would flick the porch light on and say good night to her and then she would flick the light in her bedroom about two thousand feet away frederick later remembered all the signs pointed to a lasting relationship but change was coming two years flew by and love was in the air again frederick's sister was getting married there was just one catch though her wedding was in nova scotia which was a long way away from frederick and florence's canadian hometown of wandsworth newfoundland frederick's father asked him to go walk his sister down the aisle he'd have to leave town and temporarily leave florence after the wedding fred had planned on coming home but his luck began running out on the way back he took a detour to visit his brother in toronto but didn't take into account his low budget before long he ran out of money not wanting to ask his father for a loan to get home fred instead took a job in toronto he needed the money but he didn't expect how he'd get stucked into the city life he got so used to living there he kept pushing back plans to return to wandsworth where florence waited with a broken heart florence waited for an entire year summer came again and she sadly left town to take a teaching course in a cruel twist of fate fred who hadn't forgotten about her came back to visit and got there while she was still away thinking she truly moved on fred also hurting from heartbreak decided to reluctantly do the same meanwhile florence found she was skilled at teaching and soon got a new job as a full-time educator she also found new love she met a welder named len and they married in 1960. she still remembered fred fondly but now it appeared that their old flame was blown out over the years florence and lens started a happy family together they had five children ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren fred started a family too with a woman named helen in toronto where he worked for a school board but they never forgot about wandsworth in 1997 their hometown held a reunion called a come home year celebration both florence and fred decided to go and they brought their now large families fred and helen who now also had children and grandchildren by this point were surprised to meet florence and len there however the old sweethearts didn't get to catch up much only managing time for a quick five minute conversation afterward they went home with their families not thinking much of it time marched on and as the golden years passed by for both couples it was soon time to say goodbye after 57 years of beautiful marriage florence's husband len passed away the loneliness wasn't something she was used to she was grateful to still have her family to spend time with but without her long time partner it wasn't the same she did her best to stay busy and three years later this led to an unusual encounter in february 2020 the day after valentine's day florence went to visit her brother at the senior living center in mary's town that he called home she was shocked when she got there as it turned out fred's brother was living there as well it felt like another mini hometown reunion fred's brother was glad to see florence and after they happily caught up for a bit florence's old flame was brought up in the conversation she couldn't help but be curious about him and her heart clenched when she learned what had happened in his family fred's wife helen had passed away the previous autumn the upsetting news brought a pain to florence that she knew all too well the shared pain of loss knowing the two had more than a few things in common fred's brother made florence an offer to reconnect one more time florence hadn't known it but fred had thought of her too he'd given his brother permission to share his phone number with florence just in case they ever ran into each other fred hoped she'd call but it had been such a long time he didn't think she would it was after valentine's and i knew his wife had died i was lonely he was lonely so i thought well i'll just call him and offer my condolences i guess florence later said so she did they spoke about dealing with grief and florence assured fred that it does get a little easier it didn't take long for them to start talking about the past the two reminisced about their youth in wandsworth and laughed about old memories it was an unexpected conversation but two days later fred found himself wanting to call her again we started talking about our courtship years ago and all the things that we had done together before you know it we were on the phone three to four hours at a time he said for five months florence and fred talked on the phone four times a week fred was ecstatic just to have florence back in his life even if it wasn't in person but florence had a clever surprise up her sleeve she was planning a visit to ontario where fred lived in july of that year on the night of fred's birthday he waited for her to call at 10 o'clock their usual schedule but the phone didn't ring finally a concerned fred called her asking if everything was all right when she said she wasn't at home or at her son's houses he asked you're not in ontario are you her answer made him leap out of bed yes i am i'm 10 minutes away she said fred's heart nearly stopped he ran out to draw a welcome florence sign on the driveway with chalk a few minutes later they drove in i gave her a kiss on the cheek and held her hand he said i knew right away that she had taken my heart back again not even a month later they moved in together and they were shopping for wedding rings their families were initially shocked but for florence and fred there was no point in waiting we do everything together i love every moment florence said added fred florence has been like an angel from heaven every day i wake up and say how blessed i am nowadays they're staying strong through fred's chemotherapy together both florence and fred are looking forward to happier times ahead and in the summer of 2021 they're hoping to return to wandsworth to stay in fred's brother's cottage their happy reunion was a dream one and at the same time the newfound sweethearts were looking at a whole other wild connection florence and fred didn't know janice and prentice in their first round of romance but they were very familiar now that's because even greater than the coincidence of rekindling their romance after decades apart was that this couple halfway across the world had an almost identical tale