I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Mark, an 87-year-old Caucasian male, living in a nursing home in Ontario, California. This man seemed full of life and definitely made it clear that love is what has played a huge factor in the person is today.
This man was born a nuclear home in Chicago in 1929. He was surrounded with loving from his parents and an older brother. However, during his high school years, he and his family moved to Arizona due to the drastic weather in Chicago and his father having pneumonia. He claims that he was very lucky because his father did everything in order to provide for his family. Mr. Mark states that because he grew up seeing the love that his parents had for another, that he hoped to someday experience something …show more content…
Mark and Mr. Ben went into business he was already married. Mr. Mark met his wife, Mrs. Suzanne while he was in Hollywood with a couple of friends attending the Steve Allen Show. To buy some time before the show started, they decided to go to a coffee shop across the studio and while being at the coffee shop, he came across two female friends from college that were accompanied by Mrs. Suzanne, who at that time was a stranger. While smiling, Mr. Mark explained that when they both looked at each other, they could see the electricity between them and that he was immediately smitten. He describes Mrs. Suzanne as being the women he did not know he wanted and needed yet she was the perfect person for him. He said that he was blessed to share such a loving relationship with her; she was his everything and he was hers. They “enjoyed each other, the love, the comradery, the warmth of being together.” He explains that Mrs. Suzanne was always very supportive of his business decisions and continually encouraged him. Mr. Mark stated that although they were happy with the life they were building, that she urged for motherhood, but because she was medically unable to get pregnant, they opted for adoption. Throughout their marriage, they adopted two girls and one boy. As their family grew, their lives were full of
This man was born a nuclear home in Chicago in 1929. He was surrounded with loving from his parents and an older brother. However, during his high school years, he and his family moved to Arizona due to the drastic weather in Chicago and his father having pneumonia. He claims that he was very lucky because his father did everything in order to provide for his family. Mr. Mark states that because he grew up seeing the love that his parents had for another, that he hoped to someday experience something …show more content…
Mark and Mr. Ben went into business he was already married. Mr. Mark met his wife, Mrs. Suzanne while he was in Hollywood with a couple of friends attending the Steve Allen Show. To buy some time before the show started, they decided to go to a coffee shop across the studio and while being at the coffee shop, he came across two female friends from college that were accompanied by Mrs. Suzanne, who at that time was a stranger. While smiling, Mr. Mark explained that when they both looked at each other, they could see the electricity between them and that he was immediately smitten. He describes Mrs. Suzanne as being the women he did not know he wanted and needed yet she was the perfect person for him. He said that he was blessed to share such a loving relationship with her; she was his everything and he was hers. They “enjoyed each other, the love, the comradery, the warmth of being together.” He explains that Mrs. Suzanne was always very supportive of his business decisions and continually encouraged him. Mr. Mark stated that although they were happy with the life they were building, that she urged for motherhood, but because she was medically unable to get pregnant, they opted for adoption. Throughout their marriage, they adopted two girls and one boy. As their family grew, their lives were full of