Virginia Fucci

To say that Ginny and I have been friends our entire lives is no exaggeration

Our mothers were friends – and neighbors – and were even pregnant with us at the same time. I was born in January of 1935, Ginny was born 3 months later in March of 1935. We may not have remembered our earliest years together, but a bond was forming all the same.

My earliest memory of Ginny is when we were 7 years old and we went to Nativity Catholic School and were preparing for our First...