Kevin, (continued)
One woman, Maryann, who died in November of 2013 and I prayed the Rosary together often and we often shared our Catholic faith and yes, even our sinfulness. Once when talking about pre-marital sex, she said to me: "Juergen, when my husband and I got married (she was 83 at the time she told me this and had gotten married in her early 20's - her husband died 9 months before her, but he had been living in a nursing home for about two years at this time), we were both virgins and when my husband was only 33 years old (they had three children at this time) he had a very serious stroke and for many, many years and during this time sexual intercourse was not possible. He was paralyzed on one whole side of his body." She told me that it was not easy for them and through their Catholic faith and being very avid Rosary prayers - they learned to offer up the gift of sexual intercourse. Maryann said that she had often said to her teenage children (back in the day) (continued)