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Winners will be announced on feb,14.2009

Twenty years ago I had just started my vacation.I descided to look for an old friend.I hadn't seen her in a couple years. I knew some one who knew her and they told me where she lived. Me , my son who was 3 at the time and my mom set out to find her.I follwed the directions I was given. I turned down this country road. It was grown up along the road.There was a sign that said keep out. I thought she has posted a sign to keep people off her property. All of a sudden a man stepped out of the bushes. He had on overhauls and
one gallis was hanging down and he was waving his hands. I stopped and looked behind me and a man was coming up in a car. I thought my God I have happened up on a still and they are going to trap me in! i threw my car in reverse and took off backward. I ran the guy behind me off in a hole as he tried to get out of my way.I went home and descided i did not need to find my friend. That night my friend came over. i was surprised to see her at my door along with the guy that had come out of the woods waving his arms.he was her boyfriend. she had descided to come and visit me. and her boyfriend says ,' That is the car that was down on our road to day!" They told me I had run his friend off in a hole. A couple nights later my friend and i went out for a drink. She talked me into going out with The guy i had run off in a hole. I did . We hit it off . He is now my husband.

I had waited all my life to meet mr right. Three years and seven months ago I was in church and saw aold class mate. We grow up together and as the years pass we went our own way. We seem to have so much in common. He had ask a friend of ours if I was seeing anyone the same day I asked my ister if he was seeing anyone. My friend told him no as did my sister. He asked if he could call and I said yes. Late that night he called we talked for hours about the pass. It was a few days later we went out and it was love. We dated for a while and then he asked me to marry him and I said yes. We were so happy. Two week before we married I ound out I had cancer and I told him I would undestand if he no longer wanted to marry me. He said nothing had change he still loved me. So we married. We moved to Tennessee because that was what he wanted. The first year was great. Then we found out I had cancer again they did the lung surgery however this time I have more problems. My breathing was bad before but got really bad after and never go better. He went back to work and was not getting many hours and was no longer happy so he left and went back home where he is happy. We are no longer together but I have faith that it will work out. He calls me and we talk. I do stll the this man for he is my life I pray that we get back together some day. If it is the Lords will.

1970 a year to remember! First a little background...........My dad and mother-in-law where neighbors in Brooklyn. I grew up respecting her and her husband as aunt and uncle. They in fact visited me in the hospital and knew that I had a probable diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis or a stroke. The doctor suggested my parents not tell me as they weren't sure. My then husbands parents knew about it and decided not to tell their son because if it was a wrong probable diagnosis why ruined our happiness.

They had 4 children and oddly enough I only knew 3. In 1970 my uncle was dying from cancer so my now husband drove his parents to visit him every weekend. This uncle happened to live 1 house away from us. One day as I walked over there my now husband spotted me. He asked our cousin's in common who I was and how old. They told him so he thought up the idea to ask me out. After telling an aunt about asking me out his mom (mother-in-law) placed my name and number all over the house. He was a bit concerned that if we didn't like each other the families would get mad but took the plunge and asked me out. He called and asked for me by my full name that no friends ever did. I accepted his date, got off the phone and told my parents that I had no idea who I accepted a date from! My dad got so angry with my poor mom for giving me the phone when she only did what was right. Mydad told my mom to call my aunt to ask her what her sisters last name is since they heard I was going to get a call from her nephew. After my mom calling a few people on my now husbands side of the family she knew it was him. By the way I grew up knowing who he was by his first name but he used his middle name when he called me.

March 23rd we had our first date and talked about our families how cool it was they knowing each other from our grandparents. It was only a matter of time we watched old family films when we were children and saw we knew each other then because we were at the same parties. March 29th we got pinned and 4 months later married. Our uncle lived to see us marry!

I got sick in 1972 which hospitalized me for a week. I was told at 10 pm by a doctor that I had ms. It blew me out of the water but remained calm until the next morning. We were married only two years with hopes and dreams for the future and now I didn't know what to expect if my husband will leave or stick by me.

After his soul searching hearing some tell him to stay with me while others said to leave he decided to stay with me.

I had promised him I would work a few years before having a family. So worked in Manhattan for he Bank of New York in the accounting department. After my diagnosis and being out for 5 months because of my exacerbation I was asked to resign. Once again I was blown out of the water but my husband saved the day telling me we could try to make a baby. We decided to get a few doctors opinion. I was thrown out of three doctors offices because I stood my ground saying I was going to have a child for my husband regardless what it might cause for me. When it was time for going back to the doctor who diagnosed me I felt better as he told me to do what I want because it was my life and there wasn't enough information on ms to form a true opinion.

My pregnancy was beautiful. There were problems during delivery. After my son was put into an insubator the doctor told my husband to call my parents and family because I was in critical condition. My husband told the doctor as he chuckled to clean my blood off of himself before my parents got there. They arrived and as they walked into the room I saw them and started to moan as a joke. I felt bad their faces dropped to the floor not knowing what I looked like. I had no idea I was in bad shape.

Over the years I have had many exacerbation that crippled me for up to a year and blinded me. My husband has stood by me and continues to do so.

I thank God for the life he has given me.

This all started many years ago I was 11 yrs. old. My mom took us all to church ;there were 4 girls and 1 boy. We all went in and there on the bench with their parents were 4 boys. For weeks we stared at each other then we started talking. I liked the oldest one and he was 14 yrs. old and on Sundays I would always manage to sit by him. So we started seeing each other at church and then when I got a little older my mom had him over to dinner. When I was 14 mom let me go out with him to his parents house. Let me back up a little my mom was raising 5 children by herself and it was very hard. Sometimes food was not enough and she would let me go to his house knowing that was more food for my sisters and brother. My mom was an awesome woman and I thank the Lord I had her for as long as I did. When I turned 15 he asked me to marry him and my mom agreed knowing he would take care of me. We got on a bus and went to Conway S.C. to get married in a courthouse. We had no honeymoon and we lived in a very small trailer, but we were happy. We finally moved in a cute little house. Our life was good until one day in the mail he got a letter telling us he had been drafted. I was only 16 and our world started to crumble down around us. He went in and they sent him to Germany and I was left behind. Well thru some cruel person writing and telling me that he had a girlfriend over there I wanted a divorce. I was crushed and I sent him my rings and told him I wanted to end it. He came home on leave and without even trying to talk it out we went on with the divorce. I went my way and so did he. I got remarried , but I never lost track of him, my heart always ached some for him. My 2 sons grew up and left home and my husband and I realized we had lived our life for our kids. We tried to make it work, after all 32 yrs is a long time to throw away. My first husband lost his wife after thirty years. His wife died suddenly leaving him with 3 children they had adopted. I sent my condolences to him and he came to where I worked to tell me "Thank You." When we talked I realized my heart was still his. We decided to start seeing each other again. I thought my heart would burst he made me feel so loved and so special. We walked back down the aisle on Valentine's day in 2004. We had the church wedding we wanted the first time . Our wedding cake was heart shaped and we went to the Poconos for our honeymoon. I have been treated like a princess, he accepted my children and I took his as my own. Our love is even stronger then when we were together the first time. We believe that God stepped in and put us back together. We now sing Southern Gospel together in our church. I thank God for being there to pickup the pieces and wait until the right time to put them back together. So if you think you will never be happy don't give up it took us 36 years to walk back down the aisle together.

O k guys got to get help on this one,they are real good. I bringing in the army on this one be patient i will post winners soon. Great stories u all are winners in my book.

Well it is hard. They are all good. But I think DOLPHINLADY6 is the best one. I am glad they got back together after all these years. So hang in there joybugg mericles do happen.

I joined a very small, local church. One Sunday the minister issued blank blue keys to everyone to carry on their over-burdened key chains and key rings; they were a physical reminder for us to "Keep Experiencing Your Source" (KEYS).

Several weeks later, an outdoor activities club decided to go (cabin) camping on the far side of the state (WI). It was the first of November, so we were surprised to have the worst blizzard of the season. One of the requirements was for everyone to bring one-type of food; they would be combined for all our weekend meals... On my shift in the kitchen, I was searching for a small can-opener on my key-ring when one of the women asked about the 'blank' blue key. I felt like a Christian before the arena's lions, trying to explain what this new church meant to me.
After I finished, she smiled, grabbed her purse and showed me HER blue key.

From a one room church, a very small congregation, we had consistantly missed meeting each other, but eventually found each other hundreds of miles away by our daily reminding symbol of faith. Two years later we wed. That was eighteen years ago and continues daily.

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