PAIR FINDS IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR LOVE.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
She's night, he's day. She loves the symphony, he'd rather go bowling. She's a goer, he's more laid back. Together, Bob and Lucille Richards of Woodland Hills make the perfect Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. story - a couple of opposites who were attracted late in life and proved it's never too late for old Cupid to pay a surprise visit. All you have to do is invite him in. ``You think you'll never fall in love again, then one day, it happens,'' says Lucille, waiting Monday for Bob to get home from making the rounds. For the past 14 years, her 77-year-old husband has been volunteering three days a week at ONE, the Organization for the Needs of the Elderly in Van Nuys. Bob, joined by Lucille two days a week, visits the elderly in ONE's meals for homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. seniors program. ``They are so wonderful and unique because they're a couple, working together for so long to make sure more than 200 homebound seniors in the Valley get the meals and services they need,'' said Sherry Kobayashi, case management director for ONE. Lucille and Bob met almost 21 years ago in a bereavement Bereavement Definition Bereavement refers to the period of mourning and grief following the death of a beloved person or animal. The English word bereavement counseling session at Encino-Tarzana Hospital - two lonely people in their mid-50s having a hard time getting over the spouses they had both just lost to cancer after more than 30 years of marriage. They weren't looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. companionship companionship the faculty possessed by most truly domesticated animals. They are social creatures and have a great need for the companionship of other animals. Animals in groups are quieter and more productive as a rule. , they say - just friendship. Cupid, though, obviously had other ideas. ``There were about 50 people in the session - half a dozen men, the rest women,'' Lucille said. ``Afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. , some of us would go out for coffee. ``The bereavement counselors said it was important for all of us to widen our circle of interest and get interested in other things, so we did.'' Lucille got interested in Bob's volunteer work at the City of Hope. Bob got interested in Lucille's peer counseling sessions over at ONE. Before they knew it, they both got interested in each other. ``He'd go to the symphony to please me, and I'd go bowling to please him,'' Lucille said, laughing. They started traveling and taking weekend bike rides around Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). together, trying to figure out where their relationship was going. Where it was going was living together under the same roof. ``Pretty soon, our grandkids wanted to know what our relationship was,'' Lucille says, laughing. ``That's when we decided it was time to get married.'' So, in a beautiful backyard wedding ceremony attended by their combined five children and seven grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. 11 years ago next month, Lucille and Bob found what they thought was over for them for good. The love of a spouse - even if they are as different as night and day. ``She speeded me up, and I slowed her down,'' Bob says, trying to find just the right words to put on home computer Valentine's Day cards they were writing each other Monday. ``It's not easy for me to express my feelings,'' Bob said, wanting to keep his private. ``Lucille's good at it, but it's always been kind of tough for me.'' Lucille smiled. Night and day. Bob was right, of course. She knew just the right sentiments for her Valentine's Day. You think you'll never fall in love again, then one day - wham. Cupid comes walking in the front door. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lucille and Bob Richards The Rev. Robert "Bob" Eugene Richards (born February 20 1926, in Champaign, Illinois), known as the "Vaulting Vicar" in his competitive days, was a versatile athlete who made three Olympic teams in two events. of Woodland Hills met almost 21 years ago during bereavement counseling after both had lost spouses to cancer. Despite differences in temperament, both share a love of volunteering. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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