The Journey Is Our Home: Married Sixty Years (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781534610484)

Jerry Flora and Julia Tritch met when they entered then-Ashland College in 1951. They quickly learned how much they had in common. Both were born into Christian families in Indiana and had two younger brothers. They shared interests in their faith, in service, and in music. Within a year they were going steady, and became officially engaged on the night before graduation in 1955. A year later they were married in Fremont, Ohio at the memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church on June 23, 1956. After living in California, Indiana, Washington, D.C., and Louisville, Kentucky, they returned to Ashland in 1972. Dr. Flora taught at Ashland Theological Seminary until he retired in 2002. Julie worked at The Carpenter's Shop Bookstore, and then, for twenty-five years, in the Ashland Theological Seminary Library. They are the parents of two daughters, Janet Sweet of Ashland and Ann Hurst of Columbus. They have two grandchildren, Vanessa Sweet of Marion and Matthew Sweet of Ashland. Their great-grandson Maddox was born just as this book reached its completion.