After her husband, Clayton, died of a heart attack 13 years ago, Valentine's Day became a day of melancholy for Betty Bradley of Independence, Missouri. There were no more chocolate-covered cherries, no more red roses, no romantic cards. "Every holiday just became another reminder that he was gone," Betty, now 76, tells People. Then five years ago, all of that changed when Jimmy Chouteau showed up on Betty's doorstep on Valentine's Day with a single red rose and a card covered with colorful hearts, drawn by one of his children. "It made the biggest difference in my life to know that somebody cared,...
- 2/11/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
After her husband, Clayton, died of a heart attack 13 years ago, Valentine's Day became a day of melancholy for Betty Bradley of Independence, Missouri. There were no more chocolate-covered cherries, no more red roses, no romantic cards. "Every holiday just became another reminder that he was gone," Betty, now 76, tells People. Then five years ago, all of that changed when Jimmy Chouteau showed up on Betty's doorstep on Valentine's Day with a single red rose and a card covered with colorful hearts, drawn by one of his children. "It made the biggest difference in my life to know that somebody cared,...
- 2/11/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
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