In a day and age where timeless love and long-lasting marriages can often seem like a fairy tale, one couple seems to have it all figured out.

Making their lives about God, each other and family, they have weathered the ups and downs that come from living.

Together, they have managed more than seven decades of marriage, and helped raise a family built on love and trust, kindness and faith.  

Kenneth and Fay Babin, of Texas, are both in their 90s now. According to their granddaughter, Jalee Nicole, the couple inspires their entire family.

“Seeing how close they are just really sets an example for all of us, and how we want to live our lives and our marriages,” Jalee said.

It’s just so heartwarming to see them love on each other so much.”

Kenneth, 95, first met Faye, 93, back in 1949. Faye, who was renting a room in Kenneth’s family home while she studied nursing, immediately caught his attention.

“I thought Faye was beautiful,” Kenneth told reporters for the local newspaper.

Kenneth and Faye Babin shortly after getting married.

Smiling, Faye said, “Kenneth was good-looking, played the guitar and sang, and was real funny. Kenneth got jealous when I dated the next-door neighbor. He decided to ask the neighbor guy what his intentions were, and basically stole me from him!”

The couple married nearly a year later, in 1950. Kenneth worked as a welder, Faye a nurse. They started a family, but focused on making time to enjoy each other and life.

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Jalee’s aunt takes care of the couple now, and began filming the pair and sharing the videos with the family. After seeing them, Jalee said she had to share them. They instantly went viral with more than 8 million views on some videos. People were invested in how loving and caring the couple was.

Jalee said that one man said the video was “so inspiring” that it made him want to ask his girlfriend to marry him. “I thought that was really cool. Their love inspired him to settle down!” she said.

The love and care Kenneth and Faye show each other is just a genuine part of their relationship. “My memaw had recently had a fall,” Jalee said. “We thought she might have broken her tailbone or her hip, but it was actually her pelvic bone. She was on pain medication, she was having an anxiety attack, and the thing that calmed her was sitting in [my grandfather’s] lap that day.”

Kenneth and Faye Babin hold up shirts commemorating how long they have been together.

The secret to their relationship is easy, the couple said: “Put God first, then family, then it seems to work itself out. Never keep secrets, always forgive, never go to bed angry, and thank God for each other, even when you don’t feel like it. Do not forget to have fun and truly enjoy each other. Make the time!”

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By “respecting one another and doing things together” they said, you can have a happy marriage.

“We would take our kids on a vacation each year, and go on a vacation alone,” the couple said.

“We took our kids to church every Sunday, and always remained faithful to each other.”

From campouts to traveling cross-country in an RV, they always managed to find time to spend together. Making each other laugh was important, too.

I did not even think of divorce,” Faye said. “Murder, a few times, but …,” she said, laughing.

Their tips for a good marriage clearly work, with four children, an adopted niece, 10 grandkids and 22 great-grandkids to fill out their family.

The entire family knows how lucky they are. “[I admire] their willingness to stay together; divorce has never been an option for them. They just work through everything that they can. We’re very close-knit,” Jalee said.

“Their house is the hub. We’re a bunch of loud people, but it’s full of love.”

Watch below for a look at loving couple and hear more secrets to a happy marriage!

Sources: The Epoch Times | Shareably