Awhile back, I wrote a silly limerick for my writing group. It went something like this: There once was a girl from Alliance, Who said “no” till he was in compliance. “If you want the milk now, You must purchase the cow.” They eloped, leaving the rest up to science. This five-line masterpiece is about my parents, who were known as “The Bickersons” because they liked to spar with each other. But not always. Theirs was a love story for the ages. In 1940, after graduating from McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio, James John left for Detroit to work at the Ford Motor Company. Two years later, he returned…