LifeTimeline

Deborah Caldwell & Raymond Rettino

    • AUG 16

      We meet

    • AUG 30

      Hiking at the Delaware Water Gap

    • OCT

      Peaceful Easy Feeling

    • NOV

      First Thanksgiving Together

    • DEC

      First Christmas Together

    2009
    • MAR 06

      We'll Always Have Dickson City

    • MAY

      The Diamond Necklace

    • JUL

      Cape May and Atlantic City

    • OCT

      Ray buys a house in Madison

    • NOV

      Da Bahamas

    2010
    • Sedona and the Grand Canyon

    • SEP

      Ray's Birthday Party

    • NOV

      Bahamas #2

    2011
    • JUN 09

      Engagement

    • JUN 25

      Buy House on Ridgewood Road, Begin Kitchen Demolition

    • JUL

      Escape to the Bahamas, Brady Bunch Style

    • AUG

      Renovation Continues....and Continues....

    • OCT

      A Tree Falls Into Our House

    • DEC

      The Kitchen Is Finished!

    • DEC 25

      First Christmas on Ridgewood Road

    2012
    • JUN

      Jeff and Rosie Join the Family

    2013
    • Ray and Debbie Work Together at Time Inc

    2014
    • MAY 23

      Wedding

    2015
  • We meet

    Millburn, New Jersey
    A man walks into a Starbucks and leans over a pastry case. A woman walks into a Starbucks to meet him. She basically falls instantly in love.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Hiking at the Delaware Water Gap

    Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
    On our third date, Ray and Debbie hike to the top of a mountain overlooking New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A fourth date was guaranteed.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 2

    Peaceful Easy Feeling

    Vermont
    Debbie and Ray go to Vermont and fall in love.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • First Thanksgiving Together

    Pennsylvania
    The Rettinos meet Debbie; then the Kovachs meet Ray. Everyone got along.
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    By Deborah Caldwell
  • First Christmas Together

    New York, New York
    Ray sang The Messiah at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 23, 2009. Debbie was there to cheer him on.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 2

    We'll Always Have Dickson City

    Dickson City, Pennsylvania
    Long weekend of cross country skiing in our favorite kitschy locale.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • The Diamond Necklace

    Ray surprises Debbie with a diamond necklace to wear to a wedding. Swoon ensues.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 2

    Cape May and Atlantic City

    One of our favorite mini-getaways. B&B in Cape May, then a limo (yes a limo!) to Atlantic City, where Debbie first observed Ray's blackjack-loving ways. Oh and the dancing....
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Ray buys a house in Madison

    After two apartment moves in two years, Ray decides it's time to buy a house and stay a while. Though he turned out not staying more than two years before deciding to buy a house with Debbie in South Orange, the Walnut Street house gave him and his kids a settled feeling.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 4

    Da Bahamas

    Bahamas
    We take our first extended vacation together and discover we really really like each other. It feels like a honeymoon, and we realize ... this is it.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 3

    Sedona and the Grand Canyon

    Debbie tags along on Ray's business trip to Phoenix, then convinces him to come experience vortex fever in Sedona. And then...we both finally got to see the Grand Canyon and even hiked down into it.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Ray's Birthday Party

    So there was this hurricane called Irene that dumped a foot of rain in Debbie's basement the weekend of Ray's birthday. But Debbie said, "Dangit, that man has never had a birthday party, let alone a surprise birthday party." Upshot is the party was postponed but a good time (and surprise) was had by all.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Bahamas #2

    Bahamas
    Yup, the magic is still there.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 2

    Engagement

    Hancock, New York
    Ray proposed to Debbie at The Farm where he spent his summers as a boy.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Buy House on Ridgewood Road, Begin Kitchen Demolition

    We started the Brady Bunch process with a giant renovation process. (Yeah, that was smart.) Here we see Ben and Katerina writing with Sharpies on the dining room wall the night before Artur and crew demolished it.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Escape to the Bahamas, Brady Bunch Style

    Bahamas
    We think this will be a bonding experience. Take all 6 Caldinos to the Bahamas while the house undergoes demolition. Hahahahahahahaha!
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Renovation Continues....and Continues....

    The never-ending renovation tests our patience for five months.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • A Tree Falls Into Our House

    Superstorm Sandy delivered us a terrible surprise.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • The Kitchen Is Finished!

    Finally!
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • First Christmas on Ridgewood Road

    All the stockings were hung...
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 2

    Jeff and Rosie Join the Family

    ...and Oliver learns to love them.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • Ray and Debbie Work Together at Time Inc

    ...and even hang out together at the Hackathon that Ray runs.
    By Deborah Caldwell
  • 2

    Wedding

    It was a glorious day!
    By Deborah Caldwell
    Steven Waldman
    Steven Waldman
    Here's one of my favorite moments from the wedding