An 80-year-old man reunited with his high school sweetheart—and after 60 years apart, he finally asked her to marry him.

me photographs she had carried for decades.

Peter holding a fishing pole.

Peter graduating high school.

Peter smiling beside his first truck.

Peter holding baby Jake in his arms.

Every photograph felt like both a gift and a loss.

By the time Carla returned, I felt as though I had spent a lifetime getting to know someone I should have known from the beginning.continue reading …