Ninety-five-year-old Violet Kosinski is hobbling around a ward at Ridge Meadows Hospital, after breaking her hip last week.

Meanwhile, her 98-year-old husband, Roy, is going a little stir crazy in their 600-square-foot room at the Wesbrooke retirement home in Pitt Meadows B次元官网网址� confined, as a precaution, due to the coronavirus.

The pair hadnB次元官网网址檛 been planning any big celebration for their 76th wedding anniversary yesterday (April 29), but they had at least expected to spend it together.

Now, the couple must be content to mark the anniversary of their wartime nuptials via FaceTime B次元官网网址� a technology not surprisingly foreign to the elderly pair, explained their daughter Barb Serr.

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Initially, the hope was to have a large family dinner to mark their anniversary. The couple has two children, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and now a great-great grandchild.

But, with the arrival of COVID and the necessity for self-isolating, that became impossible. Maybe, Serr said, a family gathering can be planned once the dangers of the pandemic are quelled.

Asked what itB次元官网网址檚 like to celebrate such a milestone anniversary, Violet said: B次元官网网址淲e celebrated so many of them, it doesnB次元官网网址檛 seem like anything different.B次元官网网址�

But admittedly, this one is very different, Serr interjected, since they wonB次元官网网址檛 be able to actually celebrate together.

This couple was married in Winnipeg in 1944, six months after they met at a community barn dance that Violet admittedly didnB次元官网网址檛 even want to attend.

As if it was yesterday, Violet recounted how she came in and spotted a Canadian air force mechanic huddled by the woodstove trying to stay warm. He captivated her and the rest was history.

B次元官网网址淚 looked over, and he looked over, and that was itB次元官网网址� We danced for the rest of the night,B次元官网网址� Violet said.

Reflecting back on their life together, and what got them through, both agree B次元官网网址渁 good sense of humour,B次元官网网址� has been essential.

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Their lengthy love story continues to inspire Serr.

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