David Shores and Sally Morton, residents of Wesley Bradley Park, have a special bond. They each moved into the community in April 2019 after their spouses developed Alzheimer’s. The community in Puyallup was close to their previous homes. The supportive, caring environment drew them in, and eventually, they discovered love knows no age.
“This is a good place to be because a some people are here because they’re caregivers for their spouses,” says David. “You can see how they behave as caregivers.”
As it turns out, that is what drew Sally and David together. They each observed the other care for their spouses. Then when their spouses passed away, they turned to each other.
Do-Si-Do (dos-à-dos)
The duo started spending more time together watching movies and shows every night. Then, in February 2025, David invited Sally to join him at square dancing lessons. By March, the two (and two or “dos-à-dos”) were engaged. It seems that 15-minute drive to and from lessons deepened their bond.
Even at age 93, Sally explains, “It’s never too late to find love.”
David, age 88, agrees that “It’s a basic human need to touch another person. And to be with someone who knows you really well. For us, it means a happy ending.”
The Wedding Bells Chime
As for the Wesley community, they celebrated the couple’s April 2025 nuptials with joy and cheer. Wesley Chaplain Becca Parkins performed the wedding ceremony in the campus’s Koinonia Chapel. The couple’s family members were in attendance. Sally recited her own poetry, and David read a moving lyric.
In May, the whole Wesley community joined in to toast David and Sally during a big reception in the Event Center, complete with music and refreshments.
The Happy (and Very Busy!) Couple
For anyone living at a Wesley community, you know that it’s always a hive of activities for residents to partake in. David and Sally are no different. From music to literary activities and travel and exercise, the pair seem to be constantly on the go.
There are some activities they enjoy doing together, like book club and dancing to Rose Marie’s Friday piano performances. They still watch movies and shows together almost every night. But Sally and David also pursue individual interests on their own. Sally is in the Wesley Bradley Park poetry club, while David plays three hours of bridge every week. That’s a hobby Sally admits to finding a little daunting.
But traveling together on river cruises is an interest they most certainly enjoy together. In 2025, they joined a 16-day Viking trip on the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers, joyfully exploring along the way. This year, they’ll remain stateside on a cruise up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Memphis. They plan to enjoy southern heritage and history along the way.
Love knows no age
What do David and Sally think about finding love in their later years? David pauses before musing, “For this last chapter of our life, as old as we are, we’re happy to have found one another and spend it this way.”
Sally feels the same. “We’re very blessed and fortunate to be able to share our lives together,” she says.
As Joseph Campbell once said, “Love is a friendship set to music.” For David and Sally, who found their connection through music and dance, nothing could be truer.