A Song In My Heart!
Dominic & Marie Letterii, who live in Poughkeepsie, Ny, just celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on January 10, 2011. Their daughter, Laurie, shared a fun story with us!
They met many many years ago when they both worked at a ladies undergarment factory in Poughkeepsie. My mother worked in the stock department and my father worked in the cutting department.
My mother used to find my father staring at her and one day my sarcastic mother asked "Would you like a picture?" to which he replied "Absolutely!".
Shortly after, they were officially introduced and would take lunchtime walks together with my father whistling or humming the songs of his favorite entertainer, Louis Prima. He even tried to impress my mom with his rendition of "Oh, Marie."
Each evening my father would walk my mother to the bus depot after work for her return to her home in Highland. They eventually both left Stardust to work at IBM. They finally married in 1954. Their marriage produced 7 children (all currently married) and eventually 15 grandchildren.
My mother is still a bit sarcastic today and my father is still humming those Louis Prima songs.
So, I proposed the question to them on what they thought was the secret to achieving a long & happy marriage. Oh boy, that was interesting….
My father, the comedian he thinks he is first said: "There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for your mother and there’s nothing she wouldn’t do for me and that’s just what we do for each other……Nothing."
Then he thought better of this answer and said "Oh no, you better not write that". So, he then gave me his ABCs of a happy marriage:
A – Admit you are wrong even when you are right.
B- Be honest – at least 90% of the time
Be quiet & listen
Be on time
Behave
C- Checkbook – make sure there’s enough money in the checkbook for when she wants to go shopping.
My mother, a quiet woman of few words,said, "Don’t expect perfection from each other but always respect one another."
We are so blessed that they said "I Do, I Do" 57 years ago.
I DO! I DO! Opening on February 10th is a 
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Open bar for the entire evening. Lavish Hot and Cold Hor D’ouvres Buffet. Sumptuous served dinner featuring your choice from a variety of entrees. See the ASTOUNDING Musical, JEKYLL & HYDE, Dancing into the night with The "Tuxedo Parc Orchestra". And champagne and noisemakers At Midnight. All for only $350.00 per couple. Tax, gratuity and parking included. Friday, December 31st from 6pm to 2 am.
The western world celebrates the new year on Jan. 1. For some thousands of years before the Romans, the new year was celebrated with the first edible crops of the season or the first new moon. The new year celebration is an observance of the earth’s ability to renew itself and sustain us for another year. In agrarian societies— foods were the most potent of all new year’s symbols. 
DAVID EDWARDS as Mr. Scrooge…….
