A love story: She thought he was black. He thought she was white. And they were both wrong.

[pnwmom]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/booming/starting-out-us-against-the-world-but-still-together.html

A COUPLE WHO SEE RACE CLEARLY

Christopher and Laura Castoro celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on June 8. In 2000, he retired as the director of transportation for a chemical and technology company. She is an author (also writing under her maiden name, Laura Parker) who writes, among other things, romance novels, including “Love on the Line,” “Rose of the Mists,” “A Rose in Splendor” and “The Secret Rose.” The couple lives in Fort Worth. They have three adult children and nine grandchildren. A condensed and edited version of our conversation follows.

You met in college?

Christopher: Yes, I went to Howard University to study chemistry. As a high-schooler in Brooklyn I’d taken a test that secured me a scholarship — a full ride to Howard. I was studying German during my junior year and this girl with very fair skin and curly blond hair shyly asked me to tutor her.

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[woolldog]

1. ....

[pnwmom]

2. Thanks, woolldog! Beautiful then and now. n/t

[etherealtruth]

3. a very sweet article/ story

[giftedgirl77]

4. Great story!

Thanks for sharing

[ecstatic]

5. This reminds me of a Seinfeld episode:

[pnwmom]

6. I miss that show. Thanks! n/t

[CurtEastPoint]

7. I just watched that and howled! I miss it, too.

The waitress... "Are you black?" And then Elaine's eyes!

[Cha]

8. Beautiful love story.. one for the

ages. You just never know who's going to make it. I'm thinking my daughter and her husband will. Which reminds me!.. I need to get a card off for their 22nd Anniversary on August 31st.

thank you, pnwmom!

[Liberal_in_LA]

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