HALF a century – that’s how long it took for them to find each other again. A lot happened in those years: both married other people, raised families and made homes.
Yet Carol Abrahams and Ronald Riley were always on the periphery of each other’s lives – and when they were both widowed after decades of marriage, they slowly but surely started to find each other again.
Now wedding bells will soon chime, a fairytale ending to a story that will warm the cockles of your heart and make you believe in true love again.
It all began in what seems like a lifetime ago, back when the SABC was only a radio station, disco had yet to take off and landline telephones were the main source of communication.
Kids hung around neighbourhoods together after school – and in the suburb of Sydenham in Durban this is just what Carol and Ronald did.
This story is from the 27 July 2023 edition of YOU South Africa.
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