{"id":91040,"date":"2019-12-25T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T16:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-couple-finds-love-at-nursing-home\/"},"modified":"2019-12-25T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T16:44:22","slug":"durango-couple-finds-love-at-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-couple-finds-love-at-nursing-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango couple finds love at nursing home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Don
Don Shoub and Carla Vigil Shoub, both residents at Four Corners Health Care Center, are just moving into the same room after getting married Dec. 5. They met and fell in love at the nursing home.<\/span>Shannon Mullane\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Sometimes people search for love for years. Sometimes they find it when, or where, they least expect it.<\/p>\n

One Durango couple found love in the hallways of Four Corners Health Care Center. Carla Vigil Shoub, 52, tried to pass Don Shoub, 71, both in wheelchairs. Don turned around, and it was love at first sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018Beep, beep\u2019 with her horn, and I said, \u2018Road runner, beep, beep,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s how we met.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Carla
Carla Vigil Shoub leads her new husband, Don Shoub, down the halls at Four Corners Health Care Center, where they first met.<\/span>Shannon Mullane\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The couple married in a civil ceremony at the La Plata County Clerk\u2019s Office on Dec. 5 and rode away as the only newlyweds on the Opportunity Bus, a local paratransit service. Their relationship was unexpected \u2013 neither one was looking for a new partner. Over time, they bonded over grief, movies and friendship.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother\u2019s always dreamt of having someone in his life, and I think Carla on some level has, too,\u201d said Christine Mullholand, Don Shoub\u2019s sister. \u201cFor them to just meet in the hallway like that \u2026 that is just like a fairy tale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carla, who was a greeter for new residents, supported Don when he was lonely after arriving in August 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t looking for it. I had another boyfriend,\u201d she said. \u201cIt blossomed into something else slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n

When her former relationship ended, Don helped her through the breakup. When a close friend and table-mate died, Carla did not want to eat lunch alone and invited Don to join her.<\/p>\n

They stayed up late watching movies and bonded over The Bangles and Queen. They even went to prom together at the Tim Tebow Foundation\u2019s Night to Shine event.<\/p>\n

The couple consoled each other after the deaths of Carla\u2019s longtime friend and Don\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it brought us together,\u201d Carla said.<\/p>\n

\"Don
Don Shoub and Carla Vigil Shoub, both residents at Four Corners Health Care Center, show off their wedding rings after getting married Dec. 5.<\/span>Shannon Mullane\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Their engagement in December 2018 was a mix of traditional and modern, she said. They stayed up all night to pick out the rings. Don took a traditional approach by asking Carla\u2019s brother for his blessing. Then she proposed to him.<\/p>\n

The two match: She loves to read, and he loves to listen, Mullholand said. Don takes care of Carla, who has cerebral palsy, when her mobility is challenging. They talk about everything from politics to the environment and local events.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and her, when we first met, she swept me off my feet,\u201d Don said, which sent his new wife into a fit of giggles. \u201cShe smiled at me, and my heart melted.\u201d<\/p>\n

smullane@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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