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~Love Stories~
How did you meet the love of your life?FReeper Canteen 1-11-07
Posted on 01/10/2007 5:01:40 PM PST by 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 stateout 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 kitchenpassed-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.
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To: fatima
Oh my goodness, fatima....look at Sarah...she's growing up! Look at that smile.
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posted on
01/10/2007 10:23:15 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: SevenofNine
To: Retired Chemist
Welcome to the Canteen, Retired Chemist.
443
posted on
01/10/2007 10:24:37 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: LUV W; All
444
posted on
01/10/2007 10:25:39 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: fatima
We were both on vacation in the bahamas.
Me from Washington state and her from Illinois.
445
posted on
01/10/2007 10:26:51 PM PST
by
proudpapa
(Forget Rudy McRomney it's Duncan Hunter in '08!)
To: LUV W; tomkow6; All
Well Aussie Age wire report that Austrila is first country give props to Dubya speech on war on Iraq on new policy
Take that MSN media
446
posted on
01/10/2007 10:29:48 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: dleecomeback07
i think we are up to 4 at match.com,thanks for posting dleecomeback07.
447
posted on
01/10/2007 10:30:35 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: dleecomeback07
448
posted on
01/10/2007 10:32:18 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: antiunion person
You never know antiunion person,thank you for that great story,fatima
449
posted on
01/10/2007 10:35:30 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Welcome, Izzy, and thanks for sharing.
450
posted on
01/10/2007 10:36:30 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: LowOiL
Thanks for the music LowOiL.
451
posted on
01/10/2007 10:37:19 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: proudofthesouth
Welcome, proudofthesouth....Scruffy sounds like a good friend.
452
posted on
01/10/2007 10:38:19 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: brooklin
Welcome to the Canteen, brooklin.
453
posted on
01/10/2007 10:39:46 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Great story Tuscaloosa Goldfinch,he is still cute-I love it,Thank you,fatima
454
posted on
01/10/2007 10:41:04 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: TASMANIANRED
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posted on
01/10/2007 10:42:21 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: chesty_puller
Welcome, chesty. Happy almost 35 years. And thank you for your service to our country.
456
posted on
01/10/2007 10:43:53 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: SevenofNine
I am sure that GW knows all about us!
YOU, my friend.....are addicted to YouTube! LOL!
457
posted on
01/10/2007 10:44:06 PM PST
by
luvie
(We didn't lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)
To: HiJinx
Katie is posing and Sarah can just feel the water.Katie is her older sister.
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posted on
01/10/2007 10:45:03 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: Common Tator
Nice to see you Common Tator(((Hugs)))
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posted on
01/10/2007 10:48:01 PM PST
by
fatima
(Thank you to all our troops.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Ma..
I must go..
Much love.
Ms.B
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posted on
01/10/2007 10:48:30 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(women who behave rarely make history)
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