Deborah

And as Deborah read these letters, something began to happen.

I fell in love with Jerry again.

Not only did the box contain Jerry's handwritten letters, but also a number of his poems and short stories.

Jerry, Deborah tells me, was an aspiring writer with big dreams.

His absolute motivation was to write, write, and compose.

If he had a pencil or a pen in hand, he'd seek out paper to write on.

The sheer volume of letters, their depth and detail, attest to this.

And each day, sometimes all through the day, Deborah would read and reread Jerry's words.

And as she did, she felt him return to her.

It was like time had collapsed.

How can a 101-year-old woman, whose hormones have long since shriveled,

fall in love again.

Deborah's daughter, Lee, noticed the change that came over her mother, how re-energized she'd become.

And Lee thought that was wonderful, to a point.

Oh, what is that?

This is Deborah's other daughter, Lauren.

It sounds a little bit, the way you describe it is like, you know, like when a teenager's in love, you know?

They're just drawing like the person's name and heart, you know, in their notebook or something.

Lauren says their mother stopped watching movies, reading books, attending the classes she took online.

Also concerning to Lauren is how, since the discovery of the letters, Jerry has threatened to eclipse her late father, Irving.