Real Lemonade From Katrina Lemons
You know how I love Love Stories, and I really love this one! It combines Love Stories, Maine (which I also love), Internet dating, and Hurricane Katrina. Sounds like a movie, doesn’t it?
Well, no, it’s real life. Read here about how Henry Thibodaux of Louisiana, six miles from New Orleans (though with a name like that, he could be from Maine, too), and Becky Walker from Hartland, Maine, met on eHarmony early in 2005.
Becky and Henry had already met in real time and space before Katrina hit, so they knew that they had something special. But the storm and subsequent destruction of Henry’s home pushed their timeline a bit. Henry’s moved to Maine, and they are planning to marry next June.
If you are a regular reader, you know that I have my difficulties with eHarmony. But Henry and Becky seem to be just the kind of folks that eHarmony works best for: Heterosexual, Christian, and seriously looking for a relationship. If that describes you, than eHarmony may be just what you are looking for, too. And your Sweetie may be looking for you there, so hop on over!
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
Hey, it’s now August 2009 and look what I got in my email box today—love to hear the followup, don’t you? Thanks, Becky Thibodaux!
Kathryn,
Let me formally introduce myself. I’m now Mrs. Henry Thibodaux (Becky Thibodaux formally Becky Walker).You wrote a blog about me and my now husband- “Real Lemonade From Katrina Lemons”. I could not believe that I found a blog on it 4 years later. You got to love Google’s search engine. How heart warming to read your comments about our meeting and the wonderful story that brought us so close together. It’s nice to see others see the fairytale that we honestly live out every day. That picture taken of me and Henry for the article is in our living room with a sign over it that says,”…And They Lived happily Ever After”
I wanted to reward you for your work by giving you an update on our lives. Henry and I have been married for 3 years 8 months now. We bumped the wedding date up to January 14, 2006 after we realized that we could not make it to June of that year. I never once had one doubt that he wasn’t the one as I had time and time again in previous relationships. Soul mates was truly something that I did not believe in. But after finding him I’m so scared that I nearly married years prior without the love that Henry and I have for one another. So many people settle.
I can never thank eHarmony enough for brining us together. Those 29 detentions really do work. The 500 questions may be a pain but the possibility to meeting your best friend whom you have the pleasure to grown old with is worth 5000 questions.
After nearly 4 years of marriage we still hate being apart and want to spend every waking moment together. After being single for so many years we both know what we have found in each other and never for one moment do we take it for granted. I have attached a photo from our wedding that we both cherish. We were dancing to our song, “God Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts. He was in tears and I was just taking in the moment trying to remember it for a live time. Everyone at the reception was in tears watching us and knowing what we had been through and knowing that we had waited so long for this moment.
Enjoy and thank you again,
Mrs. Thibodaux
Nice hearttouching story
Posted by Vadim Uvazhny on 09/18 at 04:34 AM