Felicia Carparelli

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Crying in the Driveway’

By Felicia Carparelli · · 1 min read

Kindred Kin

Our children met while teaching in Germany. His son is British; my daughter is American. He and I are both single parents, retired teachers and cheeky devils. Our children fell in love, got pregnant and married — all during Covid, so they had a Zoom wedding and baby shower. Meaning he and I became friends on WhatsApp and Signal before we finally met in person in England. I am more fond of the royals than he is (he thinks they are outdated, parasites on taxpayers). Still, we are kindred spirits, now with actual kin in common. Cheerio, y’all. — Felicia Carparelli

Felicia Carparelli’s Tiny Love Story, “Kindred Kin,” as it appeared in The New York Times

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