Life in Reverse
By Hazel Nurse, October 24, 2019 — To a wife just having the ups and downs of a new husband, the knowledge of a baby on the way added more responsibility. This wonderful boy dashed through the public school system not … Continued
By Hazel Nurse, October 24, 2019 — To a wife just having the ups and downs of a new husband, the knowledge of a baby on the way added more responsibility. This wonderful boy dashed through the public school system not … Continued
By Kashmira Kapadia, October 7, 2019 — Being an only child, the only other family I had growing up were my mother and father. Things were very different in the late 1950s in India. Traditionally, when a young girl got married, she would … Continued
By Ira Greenberg, October 13, 2019 — I used to work at the NYU [New York University] medical center, up until the time that I graduated. I worked full time and I went to school at night. NYU paid for … Continued
By Ilene Felman, October 14, 2019 — March of 1987, I showed up for just another day at work as the secretary at St. Pius psychiatric hospital in New York. All of a sudden, an extremely handsome Puerto Rican man strolls … Continued
By Edna Garcia, October 8, 2019 — I was born in Puerto Rico in the ’40s. How times have changed, my God. My generation grew up poor; today’s generation has a bright future. When I was a little girl, I … Continued
By Jose Dominguez, May 23, 2019 — I met Maria one December and [by] the next March, she was my girlfriend. I took her to meet my father – it was like a formal visit. It was a Sunday afternoon … Continued
By Jose Dominguez, June 27, 2019 — Several times I have [said] my wife used to be a very intense person. At the same time she was a very serious Catholic. In her last 5 years of [her] life, she … Continued
By Paula, April 7, 2019 — On November 10, 1964, I married my husband, John, and was married to him for 52 years. The day we got married was the most exciting and right-feeling I’ve ever had. He was the … Continued
By Mrs. Jenkins, February 21, 2019 — My, husband, Fay, was honest as the day is long, but happy. He would help anybody with anything. He enjoyed that more, I think. If he could help somebody, it was his greatest time. … Continued
By Barbara, January 30, 2019 — Times are much different now than they were back then. I was raised in Mariner’s Harbor, NY: arguably not the nicest place, and most would avoid it if they could. My friends and I … Continued