We haven't heard much about this potential first lady.
For Bill and Barbara Richardson it all began with a ride to school. The rest is 35 years of love, history and public service.
"You are going to laugh, but, the truth is,
was a tall, shy, skinny kid back then," Barbara said as she recalled the first time she and Bill met in Concord, Mass. He attended a boarding school located across the street from her home. On the day they first met, Barbara gave him a ride from downtown back to the school.
"I like to tell him that he's still tall," she quickly added with a laugh. "He's also trying to be skinny, albeit unsuccessfully. And, he'll never be shy again."
Before they met, Barbara had heard about Bill, then an all-star player on the school's baseball team. The two of them "just hit it off," she said.
"I don't know really what it was. Perhaps it was just the proximity of our house to the school and that he was able to take refuge there. My father always says that he fed his dowry over the seven years that we dated. So, I guess he enjoyed the meals over across the street. It was definitely a natural attraction and we've been together ever since -- we've virtually grown up together."
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