By Nancy, January 29, 2019 — In high school I had a close friend named Kathy. One day she asked me if I wanted to go on a date with either a James or a Jack. I liked Jack’s last name better so I chose him, and we met up with our dates at the movies. Jack and I instantly hit it off, but he wasn’t able to see me the next day because he had to go paint a house. He lived in New Jersey, and I lived in Philly so it was hard to see each other especially since he did not have a car yet, but he wrote to me all of the time. Our parents would drive us so we were able to meet and go out. When he finally got a car he would come visit all of the time. At 17 we decided that we wanted to get married, but my mom was upset. Jack’s mom tried to convince my mom that it’s not a mistake and that we should go for it. My mom was still not happy, but we decided to get married anyway. And that was it. 52 years later we are still together.
