Millions of people have been moved to emotions by a picture of an elderly man spoon-feeding his wife ice cream.
When he stopped to get some ice cream for his kids on a hot day, Facebook user Brent Kelley captured the precious moment. He posted the photo online, where it quickly gained popularity. More than 324,000 people have shared it and more than 800,000 people have liked it.
He observed an elderly man sitting outside the door of his automobile, giving his wife ice cream. She had a towel covering her and appeared to be in her late seventies.
He wrote, “So today, I took the kids to the pool, and we stopped for ice cream on the way home. “When I got my ice cream and pulled out, I realized that this elderly man beside me was sitting outside his car door, spoon-feeding his wife ice cream, who also looked in her late eighties,” he added. “He draped a towel over her and slowly fed his “bride in the 98-degree temperature.”
“It was a beautiful display of love.”
The photo touched People on Facebook, with one saying, “Wedding vows really do have a great meaning. He’s following them,as he promised. Bless them both.”
The old man’s wife can be seen sitting in the back of the car with a towel over her to catch any spills.
Another commented: “You watch the news with all the horror in the world and then see this. Restores your faith in seconds.”
Others added, “How adorable is this? More people like this, and the world would be such a better place.” and “That’s true love. For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, beautiful. We all could learn a valuable lesson here.”