Ronda and Bruce were mentioned in the Telegraph on Valentine’s Day after Bruce responded to a competition. You had to tell a romantic story or life story in under 60 words relative to Valentine’s Day.

Here are the words he sent in and the printed article. There were two editions of the article in case you had seen the other one. So glad Ronda got the recognition she deserves.

They had a good day.

Valentine’s Day – 14 February 2022

This Valentine’s Day we asked our readers to share with us their great love stories - fun, sweet, corny or just damn romantic, we wanted to know. We were blessed to have had these tales of true love shared with us, and while every love is special here are our favourite four as told to us by our readers.

Ronda and Bruce Wooderson, South Windsor

The love story of 81-year-old Ronda and Bruce Wooderson from South Windsor is one for the ages.

Married in 1961, the couple adopted two children and now have five grandchild and a great grandchild.

Celebrating their sixty-first wedding anniversary last year they are as in love as ever: Ronda says ‘life is good’, and cites the secrets behind their successful marriage as “just doing what you gotta do, as well as having a sense of humour.”

Recalling how at last year’s anniversary celebration, surrounded by close family and friends Bruce offered up a rendition of the song “Would you marry me again?” crooning the words” if I got down on one knee to confess my love to you to which Ronda replied,

“Don’t you dare get down on one knee, because I’ll have to help you up and then we’ll both end up on the floor.”

In their early years of marriage Bruce would send Ronda roses to her work every day almost daily, which he then continued to do in her later years before retirement. He holds a tremendous amount of gratitude and respect for his wife who is now his carer, since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, causing him to use a wheelchair.

“Ronda is the backbone of my family, and Ronda is my Valentine.”