![]() ![]() ![]() His routine consisted of his version of tai chi and twelve chin-ups, but that morning David did thirteen. David woke early, as usual, to do his morning exercises. On January 13th, 2005, at 7:05 a.m., our lives turned upside down. Both children eventually graduated from college, and David and I were empty nesters. David was a professor of microbiology at Columbia University in New York City for thirty-five years. ![]() I taught 1st or 3rd graders for more than thirty years. I was a teacher at my local elementary school in Dumont, New Jersey. We had a good life together raising our two children. And… I did four years later! This August, David and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. I knew in an instant that I was going to marry him. It took a life-altering turn when I was sixteen years old and a boy asked me to dance. My story began when I was born on December 7th many, many years ago. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. Today we’d like to introduce you to Donna O’Donnell Figurski.ĭonna, let’s start with your story. ![]()
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