Real marriages. Honest stories. A quiet celebration of staying.
The
Marriage
Hall
of
Fame
is
a
celebration
of
commitment
— of
couples
who’ve
stayed,
adapted,
and
grown
together
for
45
years
or
more.
We
gather
their
stories
to
honor
commitment
and
inspire
hope
in
what
lifelong
love
can
look
like.
Jamie and Larry Hartman Jamie and Larry Hartman Jamie and Larry Hartman Jamie and Larry Hartman
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What I missed most after he died was that I lost half my team. I missed talking over things before I had to make a decision or solver a problem, or just knowing that the other person was there for me. I told someone one time that he was more generous even before he knew the Lord than I was after I did. His job isn't to make you happy.
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"I think it was the fact we liked each other for a few years and then as we got older we realized it was more than like and love. It was a slow build and has grown into a lifetime.
Alex and MaryLynn FoustRead story -
She held on to me through a lot of hard times when I was dealing with alcoholism. And even though we were separated several times, she kept hanging on, hoping that I would get better. Learn to communicate. And there will be days when you don't like each other. There'll be a lot of those days. But you still gotta love each other. Even when you don't like each other. Well, I wouldn't say we had the prettiest marriage or the easiest one. We argued a lot and we separated a couple of times, and we had to take care of a lot of family members. But we made it 63 years just because we weren't going to split up our family and do that to our kids. And we still love each other even though we argue with each other. That's just part of what it takes to stay married your whole life.
James and Joyce Kay McElroyRead story -
"From handwritten notes to hard-won wisdom, Jamie and Larry built a life on planning, persistence, and the promise to show up.
Jamie and Larry HartmanRead story
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Why we built this
The Marriage Hall of Fame is a growing archive of real couples who’ve been married 45 years or more. But this collection isn’t about antiquated ideas or perfect stories. It’s about how regular, flawed people show up for one another—through change, through challenge, and through the quiet, everyday acts that say: I’m here.
We believe love is action. It’s inside jokes, shared routines, long drives, and helping each other through hard things. It’s the kind of love that doesn’t always look dramatic—but becomes something enduring.
These stories aren’t just here to honor the past. They’re here to inspire hope for what love can still become. To show younger generations that there are real stories all around them that show lifelong marriage still exists.
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