An Unexpected Evening led to Flowers on Valentine's Day

Unexpected meeting for the first time on February 11, 1967

These 2 photos were taken at my Parents 25th Anniversary December 6, 1967

I was only 23 and John was 28

                                                                                                                                               

My special memory fell on the date , February 11, 1967
It was the night that I met a most wonderful young man who later became my dear husband of 42 years this coming June 28th, 2011. I was a 5th teacher at Meadowcrest Elementary School in Riverside, East Providence, RI. After a week of work and children some teachers would get together and go out on the town, a favorite Saturday night dance club.

This particular night I really did not feel like going dancing since I had a rough day handling 42 fifth graders (back then we had large classes and no assistants) and socializing so I told my fellow teacher friend, Angie, that I was going to pass. She begged me to please go just for a few hours because she had met a young man, Carney, the previous week that she liked but did not want to go alone and wanted to see him again. Being a good friend I said all right and we got in her '66 yellow Volkswagon beetle and headed to the Grist Mill in Seekonk, Ma.  

We had a pact that we would always go together and leave together. I agreed. That night was a night of older men, whom I danced with and with whom I didn't want to build any relationship. Since I was not enjoying the hours, I decided I would spend the rest of the time in the ladies lounge. As I walked towards the room I was met with "Do you come here often?"

He was rather tall and good-looking and wearing a smart-looking camel hair blazer. We chatted awhile and then he asked me to dance, after all this was a dance hall. He literally swept me off my feet. It was a waltz and was he fabulous. It seemed that we were a couple that came from Arthur Murray studio. We were great.
That moment I said to myself "I found someone I would love to know better and I could spend the rest of my life with this one man"

My moment of dreaming was broken by his question, " I would like to call you, would you mind providing me with a number? "He asked me for my number and said he would call, that was February 11, 1967. We were married on June 28, 1969. Just made our 41th wedding anniversary this past June. By the way, John is still a fabulous dancer and the waltz is a our favorite dance along with our favorite Anne Murray's song , May I have this Last dance"

 This day for love makes me reminise tiis past event. February 11, 1967- the night that changed my life!  I can remember that Saturday, night February 11, 1967, as if it were yesterday.

And the rest is history.....

                                                        Married June 28, 1969

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