«Love is a secret combination», quotes the “puzzle” postcard from Poste Italiane which celebrates Valentine’s Day, like the one that unites Denise, 38, and Olindo, 48. She is a player, artist and director and he is a coach, musician and postman.
«But love is also a combination, sought and desired», says Denise. Today director of the Spadafora post office, who falls in love with Olindo with whom she shares a passion for handball.
They know each other on the field in Messina. He is the captain of the men’s team and she immediately falls in love with him, also fascinated by his role. Both talented players, with a history of success that begins under 18. A qualification for the European Championships for him and one for the Olympics for her. And many years also in the national team. Denise has just returned to the city, where she has just been hired as a teller at the Italian Post Office after a few years spent in Rome, where she graduated from Gino Landi’s Darec Academy. He, born in Agrigento, followed his father who moved to Messina for work and is “maitre” in a famous restaurant, which however will close its doors during Covid when their daughter Adele was already born.
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