Calendar Girl: November: Book 11 by Carlan Audrey

Author:Carlan, Audrey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Waterhouse Press
Published: 2015-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Hand in hand, Wes and I made it with the crew to the very top of the Empire State Building where I found an older couple who looked to be in their eighties. They eagerly agreed to let me interview them. Once everything was set up, and with the couple standing in front of the New York skyline, the cameras were set to roll.

“I’m here with Xavier and Maria Figueroa on the top of the Empire State Building. We’re here in one of the most iconic places in all the world to ask you what you are thankful for.”

The man held his wife’s hand up to his lips and placed a long kiss to the top. “I’m thankful for my wife, Maria. We have been married sixty years. She’s given me four sons to be proud of, kept our home while I served sixteen years in the armed forces during the Vietnam War, and has stood by me through the good times and bad.”

He turned his head and held her cheek with a shaking hand. “You are my only.” He kissed her softly as tears streaked down her wrinkled face. Her white hair was pulled up into a perfect bun and shone against the now sunny New York sky.

When they faced the camera, he handed her a cloth handkerchief that she'd probably ironed for him. She blotted her eyes and smiled at me.

“Now, Maria, I’m certain it’s hard to follow that one up, but can you tell me why you’re here today on the top of the Empire State Building on a snowy, sunny day?”

The woman smoothed her hair and looked out over the horizon. “We come here every year, once a year on the same day.”

“And the significance?” I urged.

“It’s where my Xavier proposed to me over sixty years ago. We live just outside the city, and once a year each November on this very day, we come here to give thanks. To one another and to the city for providing us with such a beautiful place to live. We don’t have much, but what we lack in monetary or modern conveniences, we more than make up for in love. Isn’t that right, dear?” She squeezed closer to her husband who his arm around his wife.

“Absolutely, my love.”

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