Reversed Hope of Hartford

Harold Holland and Lillian Barnes first met in a restaurant in Salt Lick, Kentucky. They tied the knot soon after on Christmas Eve. Harold was 20 and Lillian was just sweet sixteen. They had five children over the next eight years, but their marriage fell apart; primarily because of Harold’s work schedule. “It was 100 percent my fault,” Harold admits. “I just left her with too much to take care of.” They stayed friends after the divorce, initially for the sake of their children and later for their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Harold and Lillian each remarried, but three years ago both their second spouses passed away. This week, fifty years after their divorce Harold and Lillian were married again – to each other. “Love has a way of making itself around again, and never really dies,” Harold explains. “I've been saying we want to walk the last mile together. We’re just excited about it.”