They reunited more than 30 years after their break-up and later married. The book also includes stories of similar reunions among couples all around the nation. Experts are calling it a 21st century relationship trend. Read an excerpt from the book below.
More than three decades after we last dated, Ed and I began our first walk through Central Park. When we passed the world-famous Central Park restaurant, Tavern on the Green, I shared with Ed some of my experiences there. As New York City's First Lady, I had been honored to blow the air-horn near the landmark restaurant, heralding the start for thirty thousand women gallantly fighting breast cancer with their 5K "Race for the Cure.
We had a million things to talk about. But one moment will forever stand out in my memory. In a gesture that was practically drawn from a young girl's daydream, Ed took my hand and apologized for the way he'd ended our early romance.
I didn't wish you were different or want you to change. And there was no one else. I just didn't want to be tied down.
But it was the dumbest thing I ever did," he said. I was completely shocked that he had carried the memory of those feelings for more than thirty years. I'd been very sad when we split up and it touched my heart to hear what he was saying now.
