A Love
Without
Limits
By Sean Kirst
from the buffalo newsSome people thought that
a couple with Down
syndrome shouldn’t marry.
But after 25 years, Paul
and Kris Scharoun-DeForge
are still going strong.
F
or years, Kris Scharoun-
DeForge had a Valentine’s Day
routine she celebrated like
clockwork with her husband,
Paul Scharoun-DeForge.
She would always have a card—one
of the elaborate ones she prefers to
make by hand for those she loves—
waiting for him when he came home
from work.Kris, 58, enjoys cooking. Paul loves
just about everything she makes. Yet
on Valentine’s Day, they would go out
to eat, maybe at Red Lobster or Olive
Garden, maybe someplace as basic
and comfortable as their beloved
Subway. They were celebrating each
other.
“He opened up my world,” Kris said,
her arm resting on Paul’s. buffalo news26 february 2019 Photograph by Derek Gee
Reader’s Digest
LIFE WELL LIVED