| Show After 46 years of marriage will you still 1 love ove me file I I think think our marriage is successful successful because e I needed someone to go along with my JJ ideas Jennifer Fend Fender r Staff Writer IS face fac took on animation anima anima- animation animation H HIS tion as he began to describe the first time he ever eyer saw his wife of 46 years She sat quietly be beside ide him nodding nodding nodding nod nod- ding in agreement with her hands clasped on the old family table and occasional tears seeping from her eyes during especially touching moments in his cence A Although though he had seen her heras heras heras as a majorette twirling a baton in a parade his first recollection of really looking at Alice was the day he was repairing his bicycle and she walked by My liMy e eyes shot out to here Joe Camaliche s said id as he held his hands out a foot in front of his face II At At first I didn't notice him looking at me in ter- ter Alice Th Then en one day I saw him leaning on a fencepost fencepost fence- fence I post on top of his hands staring staring staring star star- ing at me and I remember feeling scared j Alice h had 9 come from a very avery protected family with an ultra strict father whose word was law I didn't want to get in trouble with my father by being seen talking to joe Alice explained Although they had nad never seen each other before year thirteen old Alice and year sixteen-year- old Joe lived in the same neighborhood in Tucson Ariz It was not un until ti two weeks later that Joe caught up with Alice on her way home i j il Y f o j I 0 I n t t t f. f 1 s f r ji 71 Yr i f I i 1 ji II l sk i tO fi from school and pressed a small white box in her hand He told me to keep it for him then he left I was surprised I didn't know what to think of the necklace with the tiny gold cross I didn't even know him We hadn't ever really talked II she said Alices Alice's eyes grew wide and her voice raised in disbelief as she relived the memory She remembered feeling angry and frightened because she was unsure about how to slip the package past her fathers father's prying eyes Luckily she was successful and he never knew To avoid confront confrontations with Alices Alice's father Joe conveniently conveniently conveniently con con- happened to see Alice during her frequent visits to her grandmothers grandmother's and the romance continued to flourish in spite of the parental difficulties By the time Joe had graduated from high school World Worl d War II was in full swing and he was drafted While he was gone Alice promised to write to Joe even though her father proved The correspondence continued for four years until Joes Joe's return Soon after Joe mustered his courage asked Alices Alice's father for her hand in marriage and it was begrudgingly begrudgingly begrudgingly granted Altogether ther their co courtship u r t s' s hip lasted six years The first of their five children arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar riv rived d by the end of their fi first year of m marriage a r rr r i 1 a g e e. e with the others following following following fol fol- lowing every year there there- after In spite of their growing family Alice was always proud to maintain her role as a homemaker Evert Even veri if we were in an argument argument argument ment I never neglected Joes Joe's needs she said Joe nodded in agreement She has always taken good care of me When asked why they believe their marriage has lasted so many years Joe replied I think our marriage is successful because I needed someone to go along with my ideas One of those ideas was that the children would al always always always al- al ways come first Alice was in total accord accard They both agreed they wanted their children to have more love than they received from froit their paren parents ts We were the the family everyone else envied Joe exclaimed ex ex- claimed dai ned as he leaned towards the family photo album and and nd pointed to a favorite picture of the children lined up up according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to age in their Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day best I 1 always made sure the children were cleaned up and ready to go by the time their father came home from work so we could spend time together as a family We al always always always al- al ways tried to do everything Y we could together Alice said eyes watering with tears teats again as she sat proudly remembering On the he subject of what advice ad advice vice the would give to newlyweds Joe commented com commented com com- Ive learned that in order to get a lot you nee need i to give a lot and it all takes time And what would J Joe e change about his marriage Joe glanced at Alice and nd smiled briefly If I had to doit do doit doit it all over oyer again I wouldn't wouldn t change a single tt thing ing |
