I hope you and I will live as long as our parents, and will enjoy the happiness they have known.
For truly we can say that they have been very happy indeed….
- Letter from LaVerne to Oscar, 1944
LaVerne always believed she and Oscar met by chance. He claimed Divine intent. The truth may have been somewhere in between. Regardless, whenever they told the story, they agreed they came from two different communities, had two disparate veneers, saw two sets of experiences, but had one heart.
[Excerpt from When I’m Dancing with You, I’m Really Dancing: A Love Story]
COMING SOON