How do you make a marriage work for six decades?

Adina Sawatzky and her husband John have been married for 58 years. Sawatzky says they have not experienced any large challenges in their marriage and have always had a life-time commitment mindset when it comes to marriage.

"Advice I would give a young couple would be: before you get married, make sure that this is for life. Tell yourself that hard times should not separate us and also that you have to give on both sides. You can't have one person saying all the time 'it's my way.'"

Sawatzky says it's important to spend lots of quality time together as a couple. She notes her husband was a teacher and during the summer they would travel in the motorhome he made. John says working on a relationship, loving no matter what, accepting the other person the way they are, forbearance, and forgiveness makes for a great relationship.

Mary Koop and her husband Jac have been married for 62 years. Koop says they have never raised their voice towards each other or said a harsh word. She notes not putting each other down along with apologizing when necessary, praying together, and spending quality time with one another is what has attributed to the success of their marriage.

"I said to our children when they got married, you're in love now but the love and your relationship gets better, it has for us. We also knew when we got married that this was for life. There's no if it doesn't work, it's a life commitment."

Koop says they were older than most of their peers when they got married and feels the maturity in being older helped them in their relationship. She adds it's also important to tell your significant other you love them at least once every single day.