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As the Facebook post by Jeffrey in Bowling Green, Kentucky puts it:<\/p>\n

My parents were married for more than 20 years, divorced, fought a lot, went to work on themselves. Years later, they started dating. And as of yesterday, this happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Excuse me, there\u2019s something in my eye.<\/p>\n

As one of my favorite scripture passages reminds us: \u201cBehold, I make all things new.\u201d<\/p>\n

God bless us, everyone.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D358BxTytcY<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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