SUWANEE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A Georgia couple is known at a local bookstore for their weekly dates to pick out new books. It’s a tradition that has spanned decades.

Love can be a very simple thing.

“I am grateful to have met someone so wonderful that I would stay with them that long,” said Brooks Breedlove, Michael’s wife.

A hand on the back; a book in hand.

“She is everything,” said Michael Breedlove, Brooks’ husband.

Every week, the Breedloves visit the Read It Again Bookstore in Suwanee.

“Mrs. Breedlove gets treatment in the area so after the doctor’s appointment, as a treat, they come and visit us,” said Kim Mcnamara. the shop’s owner.

They roll through the aisles looking for something new, something they haven’t read — which is hard.

“It is something we can do together and share. It builds our bonds together. We really like that and we can tell funny stories back and forth too,” said Michael. “I am trying to find some of these we don’t have already.”

Not only do they shop together, they do it in matching outfits.

“After retirement is when we started dressing together, alike particularly anytime we were going out. I figured that way, she would have to associate with me,” said Michael laughing.

Sometimes love is a quiet thing — that smells like the pages of a book and feels as simple as being together and liking it.

“I always love doing things with him together. I like him!” said Brooks.

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