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Date Posted: 09:31:44 06/24/06 Sat
Author: Lynn
Subject: A love story...


June 25, 1966, was a day that changed my life. That was the day I met John. :-)

I was 19 and he was 20. I think it was truly love at first sight--or the closest thing to it I'd certainly ever experienced. Yes, we were very young. He had just returned from a year of Army Reserve training in Virginia, and I was an art student home for the summer in Springfield, IL. We met at the wedding of mutual friends, so maybe that's what it was. The setting was perfect for romance. Whatever it was, after all these years, I can say it seems to have turned out quite well.

We were inseparable for the rest of that first summer, even talking about marriage on our 2nd date--we "just knew" our future was meant to be spent together. Then in late August, I returned to art school in Ohio for the following year. It was excruciating to leave him. We didn't have email then, or web cams, but we wrote letters to each other daily (yes, I still have them!) and we were able to budget one phone call every few weeks. By the time summer rolled around again, I knew I wouldn't be returning to school the following year--we couldn't stand another year apart.

John and I were engaged in August 1967 (I can't even remember the date or the actual proposal--we had been planning our marriage practically since we'd first met!). We were married on December 30, 1967.

Tomorrow will be the 40th anniversary of the day our lives changed forever. :-)

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[> One word: Awwwwww. :-) I am very glad for that day, 40 years ago. But then, I kind of have a personal stake in that. Happy Meeting Anniversary! -- Dax, 10:28:04 06/24/06 Sat [1]


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[> [> So many of us have a personal stake in that! Thank you for an enduring love that shines on all of us! -- Paulina Mom and Dad (30 years and counting!), 00:31:46 06/26/06 Mon [1]


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[> Awww! How sweeeeeet, Lynn! Like Dax said, Happy Meeting Anniversary! That gives the rest of us hope that it really IS out there!! :) -- Brooke, 18:19:06 06/24/06 Sat [1]


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[> Aww. My grandparents had going on for 50+ years already until grandpa passed away. My parents is now 26th soon to be 27th years in Aug. My sister is now 14th years with her first husband. -- Busta, 20:33:18 06/24/06 Sat [1]


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[> Awww. Very cool! Happy Anniversay Lynn and John. I hope you have a great day together. -- Malia, 02:00:37 06/25/06 Sun [1]


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[> What a sweet story! :-) Have a wonderful and memory-full day! -- Jules, 16:55:32 06/25/06 Sun [1]


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[> Happy Anniversary. I think it's wonderful it have been together for that long. I hope one day I'll have found someone who wants to spend 40 years with me. -- Mandevilla, 17:24:19 06/25/06 Sun [1]


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[> [> Thanks everyone! We had a very nice "meeting anniversary" day. I still can't believe it's been 40 years! How can that possibly be? At church this morning, Dax and another former Starbelly, TJ, played together in the worship band. Then this afternoon, John and I went to see "The Lakehouse," a very sweet movie. Just a little hard to follow, as it takes place in two different time periods at the same time--kind of hard to explain, but we liked it a lot. Have any of you read the Griffin and Sabine books by Nick Bantock? Sort of, kind of, that type of thing. Thanks again for all the well wishes. Mandevilla, I hope you'll find that guy someday too! Keep looking--or actually, don't look--that's when he'll show up! :-) -- Lynn, 20:22:07 06/25/06 Sun [1]


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