~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.

[proudmilitarymrs]

I found him sitting in the corner at the Tyndall AFB NCO club and got him to ask me to dance. We were married 15 months later. That was in 1981. We're still going strong.

Thanks for askin'!!!

[fatima]

Please don't cry fieldmarshaldj.I mean that.(((Hugs)))

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[Kathy in Alaska]

[fatima]

I hear you,Thanks bannie

[elcid1970]

"Think fairy tale with a tragic ending"

Thanks for putting it that way. We met at a party. Twenty one years of wedded bliss, then she was taken away just before 9/11. A cold, empty world since.

That's the way of it, sometimes.

[fatima]

That's so nice Tamar1973.

[fatima]

Wow 41 years,'Chicken Delight' nctexan:)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, fatima, for today's How Did You Meet The Love Of Your Life?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[fatima]

You can do this girlfriend
.You will find new things to do -trust me:).Great story KYGrandma

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I met the love of my life because I bought a book called "Portals to Hell."

It was a book about US Civil War pow camps. I had an ancestor who was in Camp Douglas and was very interested in the subject. I started a webpage for people also interested in this, as well as a mailing list. One of the first people to pass on information to me for that webpage was my hubby to be, who lived 2000 miles away from me. He also had an ancestor in a Union POW camp - his at Point Lookout.

We began talking about history and other things and after awhile, one thing led to another, we got married, and now I live in the northwest instead of the South.

But if that book hadn't been written, and our ancestors hadn't have had to go through their own individual horrid experiences as POWs, we would have never met.

An amazing chain of events, when you think about it.

[fatima]

So cute-THANKS DORIS:)

[The Mayor]

January 11, 2007

How To Be Happy

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READ: Psalm 146

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help. —Psalm 146:5

Everyone wants to be happy. But many fail in their quest to find that elusive prize because they are looking in the wrong places.

Proverbs 16:20 tells us, “Whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.” And Psalm 146:5 indicates that happiness comes to those who find their help and hope in God.

The foundation for happiness is a proper relationship with the Lord. But to fully experience that happiness, we must build on that foundation in practical ways. I found this list of Ten Rules for Happier Living:

1. Give something away.
2. Do a kindness.
3. Give thanks always.
4. Work with vim and vigor.
5. Visit the elderly and learn from their experience.
6. Look intently into the face of a baby and marvel.
7. Laugh often—it’s life’s lubricant.
8. Pray to know God’s way.
9. Plan as though you will live forever—you will.
10. Live as though today is your last day on earth.

These are excellent ideas for living a happy life. Undergird each of these rules with praise, and your happiness will be complete. “Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord” (Ps. 146:1-2)

Happiness is to know the Savior,
Living a life within His favor,
Having a change in my behavior,
Happiness is the Lord.  —Stanphill
© 1968 Singspiration, Inc.

Trusting and obeying the Lord brings true happiness.

Bible in One Year:   Genesis 25-26; Matthew 8:1-17

[Tanniker Smith]

Internet Chatroom, 1996

Beatcha!
City University of New York mainframe system (Brooklyn College), using the MSG and TALKTO commands: 1984.

[LisaMalia]

Met the love of my life, here on FR.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out for us. That said, he will always be the love of my life, until I take my last breath.

Life goes on, and I have to move on. But he will always be "the one". And I will always be grateful to FR for leading me to him.

[WestCoastGal]

I don't really want one, but I saw your thread title and had just found this pic. :)

Hate to post and run, but I'm off to bed. Early morning.

[fatima]

:)True love Non-Sequitur.

[AZamericonnie]

Happy Birthday sweet Crystal! *Hugs*