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Richard and Kathleen Norris of Summerland have been married for 73 years, used to spending all of their time together. But these days, their interactions are through the glass of a closed window, to avoid potentially spreading the COVID-19 virus to each other.
Their granddaughter Megan Thomas is sharing the couple's story in an effort to show that if her 94-year-old grandpa can make the effort to follow social distancing, you can too.
Thomas said her grandma has been a resident at the Dr. Andrew Pavillion centre for a year and a half.
"My grandpa has been visiting, he stays usually two or three hours a day," she said. The family was worried when COVID-19 restricted visitors, but Richard didn't miss a beat, sitting with his bride outside her room's large window.
"Every lunch he brings his own food and they sit and eat together and he brings a little dry-erase board so they can communicate," Thomas explained. "To be able to have that communication and that connection is something I think we're all looking for right now."
She hopes their story will remind people we are all in this together, and drive home the importance of physical distancing.
"My grandpa is such a special man, he lived through the great depression, he fought in the war. He's so resilient, and he's positive, and he knows the value of respecting orders that keep us all safe," Thomas said.
"I think for me what's frustrating is people not taking social distancing as seriously as they should."
In addition to her visits from Richard, Kathleen has multiple children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in town visiting through the window. The kids plan to sing songs to her, and have been leaving decorations in the bushes so she can see.
"You get inundated with all these scary unknown things but certain things remain, and I think love is one of those things," Thomas said, adding: "And call your parents!"
