Their tour manager quit in 1961 because their appeal was fading away. They ended working in a grocery store as cashiers.

A lot can happen in ten years, and a lot did happen to them and around them. World War II was the backdrop of their first encounter and a swirling force around them for the next couple of years, and then, in the middle of fighting for justice and their own love, they moved to The United States.,The twins lived a long life defying all odds. One day in January 1969, they didn’t show up at work. The authorities went to their home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to check if everything was okay. They were dead. Medical reports showed that Daisy died first, and Violet a few days later. Both died of the flu. The doctors believed that Violet was too sick to call for help. The twins were sixty years old at the time of death and were buried in Forest Lawn West Cemetery in Charlotte.,For five years, she and my grandfather exchanged letters — he wrote to her of his new life in The United States and the dreams that he was hoping to build for the two of them. She wrote to him about the comings and goings of the small town they both knew and loved in Italy.,The twins lived a long life defying all odds. One day in January 1969, they didn’t show up at work. The authorities went to their home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to check if everything was okay. They were dead. Medical reports showed that Daisy died first, and Violet a few days later. Both died of the flu. The doctors believed that Violet was too sick to call for help. The twins were sixty years old at the time of death and were buried in Forest Lawn West Cemetery in Charlotte.,Except maybe, just maybe, you’ll find hope in the words. Maybe you’ll find it there in the letters and these syllables and the sentences that I’ve strung together. If you’re in the season of waiting for your forever human, the one who you wish to grow old with, the person you want to call home and your greatest adventure, perhaps finding hope within these words will stop you from quitting.,While good habits can set you up for a productive morning, some morning activities hinder our productivity and overall mood and can derail the rest of your day. How you spend the first few hours of your morning is as important as how you spend the last few hours of the day.,I’ve winced at wedding invitations, avoided dinner parties, and wondered how I could not attend another bridal shower without hurting the people I loved while still keeping my own heart intact. I told myself more than once that perhaps the forever kind of love I wished for and hoped for and prayed for was not in the cards for me.,She gleefully attended the luncheon that my mother and my bridal party had prepared for me, prancing around the room as the sprightly, vivacious, ninety-two-year-old that she was at the time. She told everyone in attendance how grateful she was to be there for this day and how much she loved my future husband.,Try practicing designing a simple one-page website that catches a user’s attention and shares the most important information about the individual whom the site is for. It can be a fun challenge as you won’t have as much content to work with.,A blog is a website that’s regularly updated with articles, also called blog posts. These sites can be run by an individual, a group of people, or even companies. The purpose of a blog is to share information on a specific topic to attract an audience. Every blog is different but most have a goal of lead generation. By posting well-written and researched content, you can rank for specific keyword search terms and generate quality traffic which may lead to new customers.,And yet, my understanding will not make the sting of the loneliness and longing any less. There aren’t any words that I can string together to make the pain you’re holding any easier, either.,She chose to ignore their whispers and their taunts and the rolling of their eyes. She chose not to quit on the love that she believed in — she chose not to quit on them. For her, she said it was better to be alone than in bad company.,You’ll notice most blog websites look templatized — that’s on purpose. There needs to be structure to the design of a blog website so it’s easy for the end-user to read fresh, new content. On the backend, these websites use a CMS (content management system). With a CMS, you can create, manage, modify, and publish content with a user-friendly interface. This makes it easy for someone to update and add new content to the blog, rather than having to pay for a web developer to make these updates.,At the time, to be in your early twenties and unwed was something of social suicide — her family and friends thought her foolish to wait for him, reminding her that once someone goes over to The United States, they tend not to return.,There will be times when it seems like the whole world is paired off like Noah’s Arc, parading around in their perfect little twos while you sit there, patiently waiting for someone to stand with, and share your life with, and live with for the rest of your days.