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Jim Fletcher remembers meeting his wife, MaryAnn, in first grade.
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Jim Fletcher (JF): It was the first day of first grade. And there was this kid who said to me, that's MaryAnn Lando, she can read.
MaryAnn Fletcher (MF): [Laughs]
JF: And I just fell in love with her right there.
MF: Nine years later when we went to the new high school we started dating. And then we went through college and I think we were trying hard to grow up and mature in different ways. And so we decided that it was time to try out life apart.
JF: Yes I asked you to please not get in touch with me, because I knew if I saw you again I couldn't help myself.
MF: That was the hardest thing I ever did. And so we went our separate ways for 22 years, and then in 2009, I checked my e-mail and there was a message from Facebook and it said Jim Fletcher has sent you a message. And my heart stopped. We exchanged one message each and then I said, this is crazy, there's no reason we shouldn...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Time again for StoryCorps.
This project is recording conversations between family and loved ones ...
... as they talk about some of the most important moments of their lives.
Today, we'll hear how Jim and MaryAnn Fletcher got together.
Jim begins the conversation by remembering when he first saw MaryAnn.
OUTRO:Jim and MaryAnn Fletcher at StoryCorps in Atlanta.
Their conversation will be archived with all the others at the Library of Congress.
We've got a picture from their junior prom ... at NPR-dot-ORG.
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| 1986 | Fredrik | Na Na Ni. | The Kora Records | 2008 | 00:28 |
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