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Dear Bob,
19 years ago, while attending high school in my small town of Coventry, Rhode Island, I saw the most amazing girl walking towards me. Her name was Dawn Galenski. It turned out, we had a class together, and we began to date. But sadly, it only lasted a few months. She had to move back to Colorado.
The years went by but not one day went by that I didn’t think of the woman who stole my heart from the first moment I saw her. In those years, I had gotten married and divorced and the last time I saw Dawn was back in 1995 when she visited Rhode Island with her 2 year old son.
Well, in November of last year, I was living in North Carolina and playing on Facebook one night. Out of curiosity, I typed her name into the ‘friend finder’ and her picture showed up, as the very first one! I had the same butterflies in my stomach as I did the day I met her. I sent her an email simply asking, “Is this the Dawn Galenski that went to Coventry High School in Rhode Island?” I got an email back that said “yes”.
Many conversations followed, I moved back to Coventry and Dawn agreed to come to visit me. I stood in the airport as nervous as could be, pacing the floor, waiting for her plane to land.
When she walked off that plane, the first thing I said to her was “Will you marry me?” We are now finally together and there is a song that describes how our love has overcome time and distance. Please play Brad Paisley’s “Then”. And Dawn, thank you for coming back into my life and showing me that true love never dies.
Sincerely,
Bert Ball,
Coventry, RI
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Hi Bob,
The song I would like to have played is, “Remember When” by Alan Jackson. Five years ago, my husband Daniel and I were going through some tough times. He had just lost his job, I was pregnant with our second child, and we were losing our home. So, stress was high.
I went outside to take him a glass of tea, because he was trying to fix his truck, which was on it’s last leg, and it started to lightly rain. My husband wrapped his arms around me and we danced right there in the rain, and forgot all the stresses we were going through for just a couple of minutes while that song played. The funny thing is, Daniel doesn’t dance or really do romantic things like that. It was just a spur of the moment thing that happened. But I can’t forget it, because I truly felt blessed and loved at that moment.
Daniel and I are coming up on our 10th anniversary, and while we still go through tough times, I know when the going gets really rough, we’re there for each other. We have gone through almost everything the song talks about except the end but after feeling that loved that day I am looking forward to it.
Thanks,
Christine Tarpley
Dublin, GA
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