1:IT'S LOVE ,ONLY LOVE and
2:She doesn`t EAT everything................
'Still in love after a 72-year marriage'
IT was love at first sight when Cassanda (Miss Cassie) met Joseph Thomas many moons ago.
Ten children, 59 grandchildren and countless great grandchildren later, the couple - who has been married for 72 years - say they are still very much in love.
Cassandra and Joseph Thomas got married in 1936.
On a cool afternoon one day last week, Miss Cassie recalled how they met as she sat on the verandah of their home in Johnnies Hill, Clarendon.
She was 17 years old and he was five years her senior when they had a chance encounter.
"I went out to the market at Kellits and on returning home - at the time we used to walk because transportation was not available in those time - we walked and talked from this to that," a very animated 92-year-old Thomas told the Observer, as she sat beside her husband.
In all, Miss Cassie gave birth to seven boys and three girls whose ages range from 47 to 75. Four children are deceased.
When asked how her husband proposed to her, she burst out laughing then later confessed that she couldn't remember. She quickly added, however, that her lapse in memory was insignificant since all that really mattered was that they were in love.
They say their secret to a successful marriage is abundant love. The fact that they share the same birthday, March 28, may also have something to do with it.
"Let me spell it for you, l-o-v-e," Miss Cassie emphasised.
"It's just love, because if you don't love, yu not going to stay. If you don't love, don't bother with it [getting married]. That's how we do it. We just love one another. Soft, hard, rough; we just cling to each other," she explained.
"Not all day is sunshine, but we just take it easy," she continued. "For sometimes you have rain and sometimes you have sun, but you still going. When the rain comes, you just shelter."
The couple were also business partners, making their livelihood from farming.
"Whatsoever he cultivated, I sell at the market. Me had a hard time because me travel from here to Claremont Market. At that time it was mango time, so you work the donkey to Claremont and then sell mango as usual until the trucks come in, and you don't bother use the donkey again you go on the truck."
And when it comes to the reason why the couple has enjoyed longevity, they think it is their good eating habits that has kept them around this long.
"Just natural. No fertiliser," Miss Cassie explained. "I take it easy. Me nuh eat everything. Me nuh eat them beef and them chicken."
I would like to inform u that mas Joe just retired from farming because of his knee.....AT 97.
We need to be like this couple.
KNOW THAT IT'S JUST ABOUT LOVE AND DON`T EAT EVERYTHING!
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