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MY
PARENTS
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Once upon a
time...happily ever after, words at the beginning
and ending of every fairy tale. Real life
begins with "once upon a time," and ends
with "ever after." Real life fills
in fairy tale missing years with happiness, tears,
struggles, and triumphs - substance.
"Once upon a time" is entered with
innocent anticipation, dreams, and eager questions
of "how" and "when?"
"Ever after" looks back on memories with
fondness or regret and asks, "Where did the
time go?"
Once upon a time, in
1952, a beautiful young woman met a handsome young
man. They lived "ever after."
(Dedicated
to my parents with love, to forty-nine years of
"ever after.")
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Too
Young
Nat King Cole
They try
to tell us we're too young
Too young to really be in love
They say that love's a word
A word we've only heard
But can't begin to know the meaning of
And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not too young at all
And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not too young at all
What
Things Cost in 1952:
Car: $1,850
Gasoline: 27 cents/gal
House: $17,000
Bread: 16 cents/loaf
Milk: 96 cents/gal
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Stock Market: 292
Average Annual Salary: $4,500
Minimum Wage: 75 cents per hour
Forty-nine
years of marriage, memories, and three children:
PRICELESS
BACK
Summer
Place"
Creations
By Dawn
Copyright
© Debra A.
Richardson
All Rights Reserved
Revised January 2006
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