Patricia, 60, and Alton Hassell, 62, have been married for nearly 40 years. For the last 28 years, they've been writing each other love letters--every day! They met at Baylor and married before their senior year in 1968, according to the Waco Tribune-Herald. They would write love letters off and on to each other until 1980, when Alton decided they should up the ante and commit to a daily practice of it. Patricia was eight months pregnant and already looking after their 2-year-old thought that kind of commitment was perhaps a bit too much. The notebooks that they've written their letters in now weight more than 100 pounds. That's a lotta love. Every night before bed, they write their letters, exchange them, then discuss them. They say it's helped them keep the lines of communication open, through the good times and not so good.

When was the last time you wrote your spouse a love letter?

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