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Joan and Ari DeLevie met at a party in 1959, and despite objections from both their parents, they married a year later. They have been together for over 50 years.
In 2008, Joan was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer, and since then Ari has been her caretaker.
Here, Sharon DeLevie asks her mother, Joan, how she and Ari met.
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Joan and Ari DeLevie met at a party in 1959, and despite objections from both their parents, they married a year later. They have been together for over 50 years.
In 2008, Joan was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer, and since then Ari has been her caretaker.
Here, Sharon DeLevie asks her mother, Joan, how she and Ari met.
Broadcast History
NPR's Morning Edition June 4, 2010
Transcript
JD: I saw this guy with a head of black hair and white, white, teeth and dark eyes and honest to God, my heart started to like beat. We sort of caught each other’s eye and then he came over. And I said: ‘This be the guy.’ We started dating and then we were engaged about a month later. And this is exactly how he proposed: ‘I’ve been thinking a lot about marriage.’ (laughter)
I said, ‘What? (laughter), what did you say?’
He says, ‘Oh I’ve been thinking a lot about marriage.’ And he said, ‘Do you want to get married?’
I said, ‘yes.’ Then it was problematic because his parents were against me and my parents were against him. He had a hole in his heart. My parents insisted that his parents send them the x-rays so they could bring the x-rays to their doctor to make sure that he wasn’t going to die in about a minute. (laughter)
SD: How has your life been different than you imagine...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:It's time again for StoryCorps.
Across the country, people are interviewing family members for this
project.
When Sharon DeLevie [duh-LEH- vee] brought her mother, Joan, in to a
recording booth ...
... Joan talked about meeting Sharon's father.
It was at a party in 1959 ...
... when a young man named Ari caught her eye.
OUTRO:Joan DeLevie [duh-LEHV-ee] with her daughter, Sharon, at StoryCorps in
New York City.
Their interview will be archived at the American Folklife Center at the
Library of Congress.
Hear Sharon's conversation with her FATHER ... at NPR-dot-ORG.
Additional Credits
NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Atlantic Philanthropies
