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CNN 5 Things

5 Good Things: 50 Years of Love (And the Research to Prove It)

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this special edition of CNN 5 Good Things all about love for Valentine’s Day, volunteers in every state are delivering roses and heartfelt cards to senior citizens. An animal shelter is playing matchmaker across the country. The psychologists behind the famous "36 Questions That Lead to Love" are celebrating 50 years of marriage – they share their secrets. A couple bonded over their love of this romantic comedy, so the proposal had to be perfect. Plus, at this Chicago flower shop, every purchase helps people flourish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, I hope you had a happy Valentine's Day, whether it was filled with romance or friendship or family or just a little extra self-care.

0:11.5

In this episode, we're bringing you stories that prove love in all forms is everywhere, like grand gestures, small acts of kindness, and blooming opportunities in places

0:23.2

you'd least expect.

0:25.1

Seniors who thought they'd be spending Valentine's Day alone get heartwarming surprises.

0:30.3

Plus, Adam Sandler's been a part of our relationship since our first date.

0:34.3

It also just described how I felt about her.

0:36.3

A proposal in midair straight out of a

0:38.8

rom-com. From CNN, I'm Christabaut, and this is Five Good Things.

0:48.3

Oh, thank you. What a beautiful flower. I love roses. My favorite. Thank you.

0:54.4

You're welcome.

0:55.0

Imagine getting a rose and a heartfelt card when you weren't expecting one.

0:59.6

That's the pleasant surprise that thousands of seniors are getting this Valentine's Day season in all 50 states, thanks to wish of a lifetime from AARP's Cupid crew.

1:09.5

The nonprofit has been making these holiday deliveries for 12 years now.

1:12.8

Happy Valentine's Day! We've now delivered over a million roses around the world on Valentine's Day,

1:21.2

and we have tens of thousands of volunteers who join the Cupid crew movement all around the country, literally in every state, to hand out roses, to isolated seniors.

1:32.2

And it's just such a heartwarming program.

1:35.7

Jeremy Bloom is the founder of Wish of a Lifetime from AARP, a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to seniors all year round.

1:43.3

We want seniors to know they're loved, that they're acknowledged, that we're paying attention

1:47.2

to them, that we care about them, and we just want to make them feel good on Valentine's Day.

1:51.1

Barbara Lotz from Colorado has been volunteering for the Cupid crew for three years.

1:55.5

This year, she organized fundraisers to pay for 1,000 roses for her crew of 30 plus volunteers to deliver to 20 different

2:03.5

facilities that treat and house seniors. You know what? In our community, we can do little things that

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