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There are much better pictures of Terry, husband Jack Reed says, but he loves this one the most.

“It’s the way she looks when she is asleep,” says Jack Reed about his favorite photo of his wife of 27 years, Terry. He keeps the snapshot in a frame on his nightstand. In it, Terry’s face is damp and red, her eyes are tightly shut and her lipstick is a little splotchy. She’s glowing.

“It so perfectly represents this beautiful woman I love. She is relaxed, happy and at peace, which is the very state of mind I strive to put her in whenever I can,” Jack says.

The photo was taken the first time Terry joined Jack at his favorite live-music event, The New Orleans Jazz Fest, he says.

“It was a hot and crowded day, and we had just walked through the spritzing tent where they cool the crowd down with sprays of cool water.”

Jack had been attending the festival annually for years and was elated that his soul mate enjoyed the event almost as much as he does, he says.

“I am hopelessly in love with her smile and this beautiful face,” Jack says. “I count my blessings that she has agreed to grow old with me.”