Friday Storytime: Rose Wunrow ’16 Shares a Valentine’s Day Story

February 15, 2013

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.

Rose’s Story – click to listen.

Welcome to the first installment of Friday Storytime! I will be collecting student stories in audio form every week. They can be about anything, from family to french fries, as long as it’s personal and meaningful to you. Everyone has a story to share. Taking the time to listen is, as NPR’s Storycorps remind us, an act of love.

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Above is Rose Wunrow’s story of her parents’ chance meeting, unorthodox courtship, and eventual eccentric marriage ceremony.

If you have a 4 to 5 minute-long story you would like to share, please email aholtzm1@swarthmore.edu to set up a recording time. This month’s theme is Serendipity.

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