~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?FReeper Canteen 1-11-07

[fatima]

~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?

At Last My Love Has Come Along Dedicated to To My Dear Husband, Peter by Anonymous My husband is currently serving in Iraq, and I dedicate our love story to all the soldiers whose love crosses the world this Valentine's Day. At the end of my first date with a man named Peter, I heard a perfect stranger telling him "he had better marry that girl".

The story goes like this.... I was asked out on during summer break by a man with whom I attended college. I was a nervous woman, but we had a fabulous time together in downtown Houston, Texas. Our night ranged from a Chinese restaurant for dinner, to St. Petes Dancing Marlin for strawberry cheesecake, until we arrived at a jazz cafe named the Red Cat Lounge. Peter had been a perfect gentleman all night, and I let him know I was ready to leave the jazz cafe as the night wore on. He kept stalling and saying that we would leave soon. After our agreed upon thirty minutes, I stood up and told Peter "Let's go". Well, that's when the lead singer of the band looked at me and said "You can't leave yet". At that moment, the lead singer looked at me and said "This is for the woman with the beautiful green eyes" and began playing the song "At Last" by Etta James.

Peter knew that was my favorite song and had apparently secretly requested it be played for me. He had never heard the song before, and did not even know it was a love song until he heard the chorus that night. "At Last My Love Has Come Along, My Lonely Days Are Over, and Life is Like a Song" is the chorus, and little did we both know that night the song actually had come true in the beginning of our love relationship. At the end of the song, the lead singer turned to Peter and said "you better marry that girl".

How pleased would that perfect stranger be to know that "At Last" was the first song that Peter and I danced to as a newlywed couple exactly two years later on May 29, 2005. Since we have married, Peter and I have longed to visit Hawaii to celebrate our love and our marriage. The thought of lying on the beach at night, sipping margaritas while lying in a hammock, while feeling the ocean breeze on our faces is a dream. To walk along the beach at night, explore the lushness and the vegetation, and to experience the mystery of the island would be a priceless experience.

I am planning on surprising my husband with a trip to Hawaii when he returns from his tour in Iraq. After being apart, I can't even envision the joy it would bring to be together in a fantasy land "at last".

I used to work as a probation officer in western Washington State. I had one difficult parolee who kept reoffending. I was forever convincing him to go to the eastern side of the state—out of my jurisdiction. Once there, he'd reoffend and another parole officer would get him to move back west! Finally, this other officer and I decided to meet to discuss the problem. "This other officer" is now my wife. We didn't invite the probationer to the wedding. —Bill O'Connor, Anchorage, Alaska

Late one night I heard someone banging around in the hallway outside my apartment door. It was so loud, I finally got up to investigate. When I opened my door, a man fell into my kitchen—passed-out drunk. I tried to shove him back into the hall, but he was too heavy. Instead, I left him on the floor, went to my bedroom, pushed the dresser in front of my door, and went back to sleep. Not long after, I married the lug.

[fatima]

Heehee:)

[birddog]

Domino's pizza - he trained me my first night on the job, And he fell madly in love. ;-) I, on the other-hand, heard he had a girlfriend, so I didn't even think of interfering.

A month later we were out with a group at a pub and he leaned over and kissed me out of the blue. I was so shocked that I leaned back too far and the chair fell backwards with him on top of me! That got my attention! We stayed up all night talking and getting to know each other. He broke up with the other girl a few days later.

We were engaged 5 months later and were married 8 months after that. I was 21 and he was 25...

2 kids and 15 years later......

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Chesty, I've read you on the Texas Board for years and other than you being a Marine, I rather like you! ;-) I met mine when she was 18, on a blind date when I was home on leave from Ft Sill. We married 9 weeks later, just after her 19th birthday and spent our first two years in Germany. Next month will be 35 years for us also.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for today's Canteen Blessing for the Troops.

[buccaneer81]

Thanks!!

[fatima]

Thank you for the music Soaring Feather.Everyone get a glass of wine and relax and enjoy:)

[Guenevere]

bttt

[Kathy in Alaska]

You earned it! LOL!!

[fatima]

Thank you Kathy(((Hugs)))

[Soaring Feather]

More music later. ;)

[fieldmarshaldj]

Most kind of you. I just detest being alone, but how does one try to find someone else after losing a soulmate ? I've tried for over 3 years and have had nothing but disaster, it's like I'm meant to never have happiness again... I'd just rather wake up from this nightmare and have her back again. :-(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[fatima]

:)Six children-beautiful.Married her 3 months later:)Love it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

and....

David (Luv W)
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
William (jackv)
Future Snake Eater (RightOnline)

[fatima]

(((Hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops

Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.

[fatima]

Another match online,Thanks for this wonderful story adam_smith_76.

[wku man]

Dunno...when I meet her, I'll let you know!

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Kathy in Alaska]

From Arrowhead.....

[fatima]

Thank you HopeandGlory(((Hugs)))