“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin Jones. Over the next few months we will be sharing local love stories of area residents. Below is Laurie and Craig’s (of Ambler) own love story, brought to you by The Inn at Bowman’s Hill.
A few days after making the initial date, I called Laurie one evening during the week to see if she was free to get together that evening as I unexpectedly had some free time. I am a spontaneous person by nature, and was hoping that Laurie was too. She told me she would love to go out that evening, but had made plans for the night with a girlfriend who needed her support. So we kept our original plans and were looking forward to our date set for the following weekend.
We hung up, but a few minutes later, I got a call back from Laurie saying that her girlfriend unexpectedly had to cancel, and that she was available to go out after all! I was thrilled to learn that Laurie was just as spontaneous as I was. We quickly agreed on a convenient place to meet, which happened to be a restaurant near both of our childhood neighborhoods that we both knew well, and we met that night for dinner.
I walked in to the restaurant to find Laurie waiting at the bar for me. I introduced myself, our eyes met and Laurie flashed the most beautiful smile at me that I had ever seen… and for me, it was love at first sight!
We sat down for dinner and quickly found out that we had the same taste in food… we actually shared a couple of entrees on the first date. We talked for hours and learned a lot about each other, and found out that we actually grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same high school and had a very similar upbringing. We figured our paths must have crossed many times, but we had never actually met before that first date in February of 2009. The evening ended with a warm hug and a friendly kiss on the cheek, and as I walked Laurie to her car, we made plans to meet again a couple days later. It didn’t take long before we were inseparable.
I proposed to Laurie one evening when we were out to dinner with a group of friends to celebrate Laurie’s birthday and in front of the entire restaurant, popped the question while pretending to “toast” Laurie for her birthday. Needless to say she accepted my surprise proposal amid the cheers and tears of our close friends, not to mention everyone at the restaurant that night! We quickly set a date and with the help of some very close friends, decided on a destination wedding in Marco Island, Florida, hosted by our friends that live there.
On October 22, 2011 we were married under a Chuppah on the beach at sunset, looking out over the Gulf of Mexico, surrounded by family and close friends. As beautiful as that sunset was, it paled compared to the gorgeous bride that was standing next to me on that beach. We could not have asked for a more perfect day or for a more perfect way to start our new life together.
Laurie and I would like to thank JDate.com, the leading online community for Jewish singles, for helping us find each other. I can’t imagine my life without Laurie and cannot express in words how happy we are together. There are many stages in life, and throughout every stage, there are both joys and disappointments. We all make mistakes and stumble along the way, but that is what shapes our characters and allows us to grow and be who we are.
Laurie and I met at the perfect time for both of us and found the person that we know we will be spending the rest of our lives with. We both know that life is not perfect and that there are many challenges to come, both good and bad. We both love and support each other and know that whatever comes our way we will conquer together, along with our new blended family. Laurie has four children ages 11 to 18 and I have three children ages 13 to 19. While our children will always be a huge part of our lives, we have made the commitment to always find the time to listen and to support each other in everything we do. We couldn’t have gotten to this place without having lived our lives the way we did, and by making the choices we made in life, and we certainly wouldn’t have gotten to where we are today together without JDate’s help.
Our story is proof that dreams really can come true… all we needed was persistence, the strength and will to move on, and a little luck. The best advice we can give anyone who is looking for someone special and is not sure how to go about it, is to just “go for it,” give love a chance and sign up. You’ve got nothing to lose and a lifetime of happiness to gain.
Laurie and Craig
Ambler, Pennsylvania
This Montgomery County local love story was brought to you by The Inn at Bowman’s Hill, an exclusive Bucks County Bed and Breakfast Inn located just 2 miles south of the town of New Hope, PA, across the scenic Delaware River from Lambertville, NJ. This beautiful New Hope Bed & Breakfast Inn, perhaps more akin to a boutique hotel, is the only 4-Diamond lodging in all of Bucks County and enjoys a serene location alongside the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, a 100-acre Bucks County nature preserve surrounded by mature woodland. The Inn at Bowman’s Hill provides the perfect setting to celebrate engagements, anniversaries, honeymoons, intimate weddings, commitment ceremonies, birthdays, girls’ weekends, and babymoons all year long. Check out their last minute deals and weekday specials.
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