(CNN) When nursing student Carly Boyd got engaged over the weekend, she was overjoyed. She immediately told her friends and family, but couldn't show off her sparkling ring to one special person: her grandfather.

"I really wanted to be able to tell my grandfather because he has dementia and there's no phone in there that he has access to," Boyd told CNN affiliate KOLD. "I just really wanted to make an effort to tell him."

So with the help of the staff at Premier Living and Rehab Center in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, Boyd showed up at his bedroom window, pointed to her ring and shared this sweet moment with her grandfather.

"It was very special," Boyd told KOLD. "I just put my hand on the window, and he put his there too. I just told him I love him, and he said, 'I love you, too, and I hope to see you soon,' like really see you."

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