Recently my sister had people post the story of how they met their loved "one" on her blog and here's what I posted as my story of how I met my man, Tod, or how he's affectionately known in these parts, Todness.

I went to a high school friend's fraternity Halloween party in 1988 and there he was standing on the side of the road. As I drove by looking for a place to park, our eyes just met. He had beautiful, BIG light eyes although I could not make out the color because it was nighttime. (They are green, by the way. BEAUTIFUL green eyes.) Once inside, I looked for the guy with the beautiful eyes 'til I found him. He was standing in one corner of the outside open-air terrace with his friends and I stood on the opposite corner with mine. I kept looking at him, he kept looking at me but when I looked away one time and then looked back over to this corner, he was gone! I thought I'd never see him again when someone taps me on the shoulder and wouldn't you know who it is! Yep, my guy. When someone asked who'd like to go get drinks at the convenience store, Mr. Green Eyes (as I later took to calling him) and I volunteered, went, came back, dropped off the drinks and sat back in his car for the rest of the night. The disappearance act made for a flip-out by my friends although they had nothing to worry about. He never kissed me the whole night until he asked me if he could at the very end. Once we did, he sweetly said "I've been wanting to do that all night." We talked about 10 times the next day and 5 months later were engaged. A year and a half after that we got married on a Wednesday. It was August 29, 1990 but 4 years later, the unthinkable - we DIVORCED! He married someone else 4 months later but they also divorced (of course) and he came back to me. I'd had my relationships but never remarried but 7 years later I remarried him, my ex, 11 years to the day and date - Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - from our first marriage and even with the SAME rings. As our wedding invitation said: "we were always meant to be." Indeed! Today we have 2 beautiful boys (Ian 3 1/2 and Dylan who turns 1 tomorrow) and the grandest, most wonderful, abundant, positive, loving life I could have ever imagined. Notice I didn't say perfect but I've gotta say it's actually more than that. It has just been nothing short of a dream and a fairytale and I wish everyone this kind of happiness! -- February 22, 2007