This is the emotional moment a 92-year-old great-grandad was reunited with his beloved wife in his care home after they spent three months apart.
A heartwarming video has captured Malcolm Wareing sobbing at the sight of his wife of 69 years, Edna Wareing, 89, as he told her he missed her before they shared a kiss.
The former molder had pleaded with staff at Chapel Lodge care home in Burnley, Lancashire, for months to “promise” that they would bring his wife of 69 years to be with him.
Staff not only kept their promise, but they also kept the news that she would be moving into the residence a secret before the couple’s surprise reunion.
Care home manager Kathy Crossley, 58, said when Mr. Wareing once sat in the lounge with the staff at dinner time and was doing his exercises, he began talking about his wife.
“One of the carers asked what his favorite song was,” Ms. Crossley said. “And he said, ‘I still remember the very first song that I bought my wife.' We played that, and we were all crying.”
Since Ms. Crossley was the manager, he pleaded with her to promise to get his wife to the care home.
“I kept saying, ‘Yeah, I promise, I really, really promise.’ I said, ‘I’ll even pinky promise you.’ So we got our fingers together and did a little pinky promise,” she said.
In the video, Mr. Wareing is spotted using a tissue to brush away his tears before suddenly turning to Ms. Wareing, who was sitting beside him in a wheelchair.
Staff at the care home were left in tears when Mr. Wareing asked them to play “Here in My Heart” by Al Martino on the sound system.
After he broke down and embraced his wife, Mr. Wareing found out she would now be living with him at the care home.
Ms. Crossley said, “It’s a true love story.”
Since she was 18, Ms. Crossley has worked at the care home and has never experienced anything like this.
“I can’t stop thinking about it,” she said.
Revealing more about the surprise meetup, Ms. Crossley said she'd coordinated with Mr. Wareing while managing to keep it all a secret from the couple.
