Hugh and Madeleine called daily when they were separated from each other. Hugh working late, when their children were old enough to get up and go to school on their own, Madeleine stayed up late and sleep in late so she and Hugh could have more time quality with each other.
Here is more information on how Madeleine and Hugh met, marriage, children, and quotes from Madeleine on marriage
Born :.
Madeleine L'Engle Camp November 29, 1918 in New York, New York.Hugh Franklin: 24. August 1916 in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Death
Madeleine September 6, 07 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Madeleine died of natural causesHugh: 26. September 1986 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Hugh died of cancer
How Madeleine and Hugh Met :.
Hugh and Madeleine met while both were working on Broadway Chekhov play The Cherry Orchard .Madeleine on their first date: .. "But we talked for ten hours without noticing the time passing, I let myself in my apartment elatedly thought, "I met the man I want to marry."
Source: Two-Part invention: the story of a marriage , page 45.
Proposal:
After the two listened to the [deTchaïkovski Swan Lake , Hugh read poetry Conrad Aiken, "music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. " Hugh then asked to marry MadeleineWedding Date and Info :.
Hugh and Madeleine were married January 26, 1946 at 11 am at the Episcopal Church of St. Chrysostom in Chicago, Illinois. Have their wedding in Chicago was a decision spur-of-the-moment. Two friends were with them and acted as their witnesses.They used the wedding band and engagement ring gold grandmother Hugh. The engagement ring was a small diamond in a Victorian setting. Madeleine was 27 years old and Hugh was 29 years old.
They had lunch at the Edgewater Beach Hotel and went to the theater to work in two performances. Hugh and Madeleine spent their wedding night in the bridal suite at Edgewater Beach Hotel
Madeleine about their wedding night. . "Hugh had ordered champagne and sandwiches ... It was a great wedding night"
Source: Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage , page 84.
children
high Madeleine Hugh and three children- Josephine :. Born in June 1947. Josephine is married to Alan. They have three children
- Bion :. Born in March 1952. Bion taught English at the University of Connecticut. He is married to Laurie, an internist
- Maria :. In 1956, after her parents died when she was seven, Maria was adopted by Madeleine and Hugh. His parents were close friends of Hugh and Madeleine
Residence :.
Madeleine and Hugh had an apartment in New York for most of their married life and a farm Connecticut 18th century they called "Crosswicks" meaning where two roads meetOccupations :.
Madeleine: Actress and author of fiction, drama, essays, memoirs, biblical commentaries, and poetry. His novel, A Wrinkle in Time won the Newbery pricesHugh :. Actor. . "All My Children" Hugh was best known for his role as Dr. Charles Tyler Sr. on the television series,
Madeleine L'Engle Quotes on marriage:
Madeleine about privacy in marriage: "I learned early in my marriage that I do not have any entrust my spirit to my husband ;. it would put on him a burden that I had to carry me When a wife insists her lover while, I think she is looking. for a father, a husband not some of my life was mine to be known only by me "Source :. Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage , page 73.
Madeleine about romance in marriage: "A love that depends only on romance, the two combustion chemistry tends to attract long fire ... A long-term marriage should go beyond chemistry to compatibility, friendship, the company is. certainly not that passion disappears, but it is conjoined with other ways of love "
Source :. Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage , page 76 .
Madeleine on idiosyncrasies "Sometimes idiosyncrasies used to be irritating beecome endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deeply into ourselves."
Source: Two-part invention: the story of a marriage , page 89.
Madeleine on disease Hugh: "I am sitting beside the bed, holding the Hugh hand, try to help her to eat when meals are taken is all that I can do .. Tr to say with quiet love, a love that built slowly over forty years "
Source :. Two-Part Invention: The story of a marriage , page 100.
Madeleine look back at their wedding: "Our love has been anything but perfect and anything but static .. . There have been times when we have misunderstood each other, demanded too much from each other, insensitive to the needs of the other. I do not think there is a wedding where it occurs not "
Source :. Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage , page 100.
Madeleine have the time alone without their children, "try to remember for them, and the ours that every once in a while for our development, we need to be alone "
. Source: Two-Part invention: The story of a marriage , page 156.
Madeleine about fidelity in marriage: "Intercourse between two people who are totally committed to each other is a great thing for both. Hugh and I have been faithful to each other in this day and age of casual affairs, and I am grateful that we have. I believe that loyalty increases the joy, the physical pleasure of love, and in a casual affair or a one night stand, love is not done, only sex "
Source :. Two-Part Invention: The story of a marriage , page 184-185
Madeleine losing Hugh :. "But my own pain is a pain. I loved my husband for forty years. This love has not and does not end, and that is good ... Hugh will always be part of me, to go with me everywhere I go, and that is good because, despite our flaws and defects and chess, what we have each other was good "
Source :. Two-Part invention: the story of a marriage , page 230.