Nancy and Brian

I met Brian and Nancy at the Berkley Hart Selis Twang concert they hosted at their house.  I felt really connected to them because of our community college link.  We continued to run into each other at other concerts.  I vividly remember one Eve Selis concert, I was sitting in my usual front and center seat and noticed Brian and Nancy's seats were empty.  I briefly glanced over to the back of a corner and saw them dancing freely and lovingly together. They looked so happy and peaceful together. I knew I had to share their story…..  

Nancy describes it like this:

I met Brian in 1993. I was teaching a Wednesday night public speaking class at Cuyamaca College. My previous marriage had ended and I was single and happy to be out of a 4 year long unhappy relationship. Brian was enrolled in my class. When I got to his name, it sounded familiar and I said, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" After the second class meeting, Brian came up to talk to me about possible topics for a speech and I had this odd sensation of time slowing down when he talked to me. I couldn't stop

thinking about him. The next class he came up afterwards with an apple with a bow tied on it and told me he wanted to date me. I told him I don't date my students and he said he'd drop the class.

He called to arrange a date with me after officially dropping the class. I wasn't available that Friday or Saturday, so we settled for having our first date on Sunday. After I hung up the phone, I went to write it on my calendar and noticed the date: February 14th. It has all been magical since. We had both just finished reading Richard Bach's book, "The Bridge Across Forever" about two soul mates meeting. It is 21 years later and it stills feels like it did that first week. There is a lot more, but I already feel like the story is too long. Thanks for the chance to share it. I hope that you find your soul mate, too, Shelly. And I can tell you he will be a very lucky guy! 

Shortly after Nancy emailed me her story she followed up with this…

I guess I should mention (in case anyone thinks our story is creepy), that Brian is 4 years older than me. We had both decided separately before meeting not to have children. I came home from work one day a year after we were married and thought (for the first time in my life) maybe we should have kids after all. He came home later that day and said, "You know what I was thinking today? I was thinking maybe we should have kids after all." We started our family the next year. Our relationship has been magical like that for 21 years now.

From the looks on their faces when they are together I can attest they are definitely connected. Thank you Nancy and Brian for sharing your story.