Valentine vignette True love blind to age A few weeks ago The Citizen asked readers to send us some romance for Valentine's Day. We asked you to tell us how you met your true love. We were deluged with love letters and this, in our opinion, was one of the best. It's written by Lucienne Prubant of Kempt-ville and shows how she and husband Joseph proved love can conquer all. More romantic letters on Page 43. On July 2nd, 1947, father brought home a Polish veteran. He was 33 years old, could not speak a word of English or French and his name was Joseph. And I was 10 years old. That day I told my brother that Mr. Joe would some day be my husband. In the afternoon we were seeding beans and to my delight Mr. Joe came and helped me. I became a real pest and followed him everywhere. To him I was a sister, but my childish heart loved him in a different way, and as the years went by he came to love me differently. In April, 1952, Joseph decided to go to work in Vancouver for two years. He left because of the 23 years differ- 3'. ' :.(:.. !-.. :. Mr Linda Marchand, Citizen Lucienne, Joseph Prubant don't worry about 23-year age difference ence in age. He said if we still loved one another after that time, we would be married. Joseph came back in May, 1954. My parents were opposed to our marriage. Our friends and family said our marriage would not last, but we listened to no one. We raised a wonderful daughter and two great sons. We have also sTiared our love with many children from the Children's Aid Society. Now we have a grandson to add to our love. In September, 1979, we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Poland, with my husband's family. . Although we had many obstacles, our love has grown deeper and deeper with the years. And our love has been, a real true love. ! TV -I .. - : '-vv--; " . f