1978 Blizzard Makes a Comeback, This Time It's Called Nemo

I remember well that year. I couldn't see the barn or my Mom's car in the drive way. No school for a week. I was so bored. I watched everything on tv that I could. My grandma put plastic in the cracks of the door. Then we heard a knock at the door. We both looked out and there was my future husband standing there with a parka on with a 2 liter Pepsi and donuts. I open the door and snow went everywhere and the wind blew like never before. We were all surprised. He walked 3 hours in the snow to bring me a Pepsi and donuts just because I wanted them. He said people were stranded in the stores and people with snowmobiles were taking people home. The police were out on snowmobiles also checking on people that were stranded in the streets. He said it was really cool that so many people were helping each other. Making sure that people had heat if not they were taken to someone's house who had heat and food. My Mom called my boyfriend really love stuck or really * for getting out in the weather. I thought he was awesome and just smiled ear to ear. He proposed to me that night at supper. We were married that following summer and a year later he left me for..prison. He robbed a liquor store got 5 years and I moved on.

I lived there when that blizzard hit. The city of Boston was shut down for a week. The news reported cross country skiers on Boston Common! I recall driving right into the storm on my way home from work (we left early) and just made it into my building. It was so quiet without cars etc. It was amazing.