These two patients, Taylor Givens and Colin Kabella received heart transplants on the same day and then fell in love.
Both were not expected to survive unless a match could be found. Neither was expecting to find their new hearts making room for more than just a perfect match.
The good book tells us love comes in many shapes and forms. For Taylor and Colin, it came in the form of heart transplants. As mere strangers, they had rooms across the hall from one another. Both had received new hearts on the same day. The pair met again five years later in celebration of their heart transplants. Taylor felt an instant spark she wasn’t expecting when she met Colin.
The pair went to dinner to catch up when a touching moment made their hearts leap for each other. Taylor said sparks flew when they stopped dinner to take their anti-rejection medicine. “It was cute because we had to take our medicine at the same time,” she recalled. Colin added, “It was great to start dating someone who you didn’t have to explain anything to.”
Anchored in their mutual experiences, love blossomed. Despite knowing they might have a future full of health issues, the pair listened to the whispering of their hearts and tied to the knot.
Taylor said, “Having him beside me, I’m not as afraid of things. Even like my mortality.”
What an incredible love story! God blesses us in ways we can never imagine–like a lifelong partner who truly understands you inside and out. In a world full of endless uncertainties, love is the constant that holds us together.
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave,” Song of Solomon 8:6.