The three happy couples stood together, hand-in-hand, as the aptly named Judge Noreen Love led them through a renewal of their vows.
“Remember that a happy marriage means two souls, but with a single heart,” Love said. “Two hearts beat as one.”
The audience witnessing the renewal of vows sat at round tables at the Bellwood Senior Center, silent except for the occasional scraping of a chair against the tile floor.
One woman in the audience dabbed at her eyes with a tissue, tucking it into her sleeve. Among the couples renewing their vows Feb. 20 were Dolores and Jacob Jindela of Cicero. Married in 1965, they celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary
Feb. 20.
Dolores saw the vow renewal advertised in the center’s bulletin, she said, and realized the ceremony was taking place on their anniversary. They decided to take part.
The couple met at St. Peter’s social club in Chicago.
“You thought I was cute at that time,” Dolores joshed her
husband.
Dolores didn’t know how to dance the cha-cha, Jacob said, so he took it upon himself to teach her.
“I wanted him to feel important, so I let him teach me the cha-cha because it was the one dance I didn’t know,” she said.
They met in April. Magic hit in May, Jacob said, while walking in Grant Park near Monroe Street. They were supposed to be making flowers for the social club. Instead, they spent the day walking in the park.
They were engaged in September.
“I told my wife, I know what your answer is going to be, but would you marry me,” Jacob said.
“That was pretty nervy,” his wife chimed in.
-Chris LaFortune
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