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Like every year around this time, you may have noticed that love seems to be in the air.

Every local grocery store probably has chocolate hearts and flowers in the window, and top 10

lists of romance movies are making the rounds on social media.

But whatever Valentine's Day means to you, whether you're celebrating with a romantic partner

or a platonic one, your pet, or your favorite bottle of wine, we're bringing you stories from

couples who don't need to look at a calendar to remember that they're in love.

It's the StoryCore podcast from NPR.

I'm your host, Camila Cushani.

First up, a couple that's been almost a lifetime together.

Julia and Joel Healthman met when they were in middle school, and they got married when

they were 19 and 20 years old.

They came to StoryCore just a few months shy of their 70th wedding anniversary to remember

how it all began.

I was playing stickball.

I was reading a book.

You caught the ball and I came to retrieve it.

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