You’re gonna love these local love stories ️

© Brad Schmitt / The Tennessean Ronald Cerdas, left, and Adriana Ortego pose in front of Succulent Vegan Tacos, the food stand they opened in Nashville Farmers Market in the middle of a pandemic, three days after they got married.

Good morning, friends, this is Tennessean columnist Brad Schmitt. Happy Valentine’s Day! I realize those words will delight some of you and annoy others. Either way, I’ve decided to celebrate love today, in many forms, romantic and otherwise. Here are some of my fave Tennessean stories:

🧡 A Nashville couple has been together 40 years after meeting on a cruise to the Caribbean. The first thing he gave her was an envelope so she could write him a letter. Love blossomed through the mail.

🧡 The Tennessee Titans love the upbeat attitude of a Tennessee woman recently released from prison after 27 years after she was wrongly convicted of heinous crimes. So they sent her to the Super Bowl to watch the Chiefs beat the Eagles.

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🧡 Newlyweds in their 80s celebrated their love during the pandemic with a COVID-19 vaccine.

🧡 A kiss between friends sparked a marriage − and the city’s first plant-based taco shop.

🧡 He rescued her from Waverly’s raging floodwaters. Months later, he proposed.

Often, the news media serve up stories about traumas and tragedies, but we wanted to offer something different today. And every Friday morning, The Tennessean offers subscribers a feel-good newsletter that I have the pleasure of writing. Please sign up for that at tennessean.com/goodnews.

Love you much! And thanks for reading The Tennessean.

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