| It's
a story
that
almost sounds
too good to be true and makes people smile when you tell it. I was
living
alone with my son in Central Oregon after divorcing my husband of 15
years.
Ken was living alone on the Oregon Coast after his marriage ended.
One
day, I checked my e-mail and there was an e-mail from him. He had found
me on Classmates.com and just wondered how I was. After several e-mails
spent getting caught up on the last 22 years, I agreed to meet him in
Sisters
Oregon. I was a nervous wreck. I had been a slender cheerleader
when
we dated and now here I was a full figured mother of three and
grandmother
of two. I shouldn't have worried. When he got out of his truck, turned
and looked at me and said "you are so beautiful!" it was all
over.
We were reunited in March of 2001, and by May, I had moved to be with
him
here on the coast. I have never regretted taking the chance on this
wonderful
man.
In November of 2001, we
found a 1928 farm house in dire need of some love and elbow grease. It
was
a mess! Trash everywhere and a ton of work to be done. But when I
walked
through the yard and saw all that was there under the weeds and
blackberries,
and admired the huge climbing rose that ran all along the garage and
down
the drive, I knew it was our dream home. After a bit of thought, we
named the house Rose Haven in fitting tribute to the beautiful roses
that grow here.
We were
married at Rose
Haven in May of 2002 in front of our family and friends. It was a very
happy day and you could feel the spirit of love and joy that surrounded
us. What a wonderful way to start our life here. I never thought that
my
life could be so happy and complete. I found a wonderful hand painted
sign
that now hangs in our kitchen. It says "Never
say Never". Words to live
by if I've ever heard them!
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