New Orleans Refugees To Wed In Utah
The flooding after Hurricane Katrina swamped Jacqueline Gordon’s house, forcing her first to the New Orleans Convention Center and then to Utah, nearly 1,500 miles from home. »
Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2005
Saturday, Sep. 17, 2005
Reunited with long-lost father
A teenage schoolgirl abandoned when her mother and elder sister went to live in Turkey has described it as the best thing to have happened to her. »
Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2005
Love story blooms amid city’s ruins
They could be seen for days, the Adam and Eve of this city’s impoverished 8th Ward district, paddling a broken motorboat through their fallen Eden of tar-black floodwaters, downed power lines and rotting houses - two incongruously smiling figures, afloat under a festering sun. »
Katrina evacuees find love in Panhandle, wed at shelter
Bobby Thompson and Diana Gillespie pledged to honor each other, for better and for worse. »
Community pulls together to help Lousiana couple wed
Dozens of storm evacuees and some local firefighters sat on the moist benches inside DeSoto Caverns. A couple stood beneath the stalactites, in front of the multicolored fountain, and tearfully recited their wedding vows. »
Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2005
Love story Amber Shearer and Lucas Murray
Amber Shearer fell in love with Lucas Murray when they were students at Mariner High School in Everett. »
Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2005
Come home, my hero – mum
AUSTRALIAN hurricane hero Bud Hopes has been given an order by his mother – come home. »
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005
A baby boomer’s education about elder romance … and finance
For as long as I can remember, my mother has started her day reading The New York Times. Now she reads The Miami Herald. She was always up on the latest movies. We’d argue about the merits of Steve Martin versus Robin Williams. These days, she watches “Fear Factor.” She used to wear Rodier and Eau de Calandre. Now she wears muumuus and goes braless because she lives in a house with a pool. »
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005
at proves purrrfect for therapy
Mikie likes his time in a lap. It’s the perfect place for a nap and a scratch. »
Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005
Reunited by the Web: People are using Internet to reconnect
About five years ago, Dick Murnen registered with an Internet service aimed at reuniting former friends. He recognized the names of a couple of men he had played baseball with as teenagers on the Barons, a winning Toledo Federation team in 1947 and 1948, and contacted them. One lived in Columbus, another in Florida. »
Friday, Aug. 19, 2005
That’s love: a truly corny personal ad
A farmer looking for love planted a unique personal ad. Using corn stalks and an open cow pasture he spelled out: “S.W.F Got-2 (love symbol) Farm’n.” »
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005
40th wedding anniversary chance for charity
A COUPLE from Raymond’s Hill, near Axminster, celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary and raised £500 for a cancer charity in the process. »
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005
Do fries go with that vow? McMarriage
Do you want fries with those vows? »
Couple discovers love has no boundaries
Across the fence, her husband, Jim, slapped soccer players on the back and handed out trophies: Best Goalie, Highest Scorer, and the championship prize. Benita Trently announced the awards in Spanish, a language her husband speaks just “un poquito” of. »
Friday, Jul. 29, 2005
Couple reunited after 50 years via web
A couple who met 50 years ago on a blind date at Carrow Road have been reunited thanks to a popular website. »
Sunday, Jun. 26, 2005
Alive by a miracle
Kenneth and Ruby Greene recently celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary but the couple is well aware it was a celebration that came close to never happening. »
Saturday, Jun. 25, 2005
Virginia Newlyweds Met at 18, Reunited in Their 50s
Tom Sullivan spotted Claudia Bolen before she saw him. »
Sunday, Jun. 19, 2005
Father’s Day: Reunited at last
Manvel man and his daughter get together 21 years after he gave her up for adoption. »
Reunited … feels so good: past loves
How many times have you wondered about your childhood sweetheart? »
Tuesday, May. 31, 2005
World’s longest-married couple clock up 80 years
When Percy and Florence Arrowsmith walked down the aisle as husband and wife, the Queen had yet to be born and an obscure former German soldier called Hitler had set out his thoughts in Mein Kampf. »
Saturday, May. 28, 2005
After looking for a lifetime, they fell in love in moments
“I spent 51 years looking for Lucinda,” says 52-year-old Rob Edwards. “I had about given up hope of ever finding her.” »
Thursday, May. 26, 2005
Pet Dog Kept Vigil for Injured Pensioner
A pensioner told today of how his border collie kept an overnight vigil next to his wife after she fell and broke her hip. »
Thursday, May. 12, 2005
Having Hope defied odds
Glenda and Kevin Hickey’s Hope has been realized. »
Saturday, Mar. 12, 2005
Tigers’ Sanchez reunited with mother, brother
The past eight months have been memorable ones for Detroit Tigers center fielder Alex Sanchez who, in order, became the father of twins, batted a career-high .322 in his first full season in the American League, became a U.S. citizens, signed his first $1 million contract and bought the biggest house he has ever seen. »
‘Brothels’ children find hope for future
Several now go to school, live in group homes and aspire to attend college. »
Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005
Valentines reunited after half century apart
Sometimes true stories do have happy endings. »
Miracle League gets kids with disabilities into the game
Sports give kids the chance to make friends and build self-esteem. For children with disabilities, the opportunities aren’t as plentiful, but that’s changing across the country. »
Foster dad among CPS’ quiet heroes
The system may be under fire, but there are untold successes, too. »
“I married my hero”
Couple wed after he rescues her from bandits. »
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005
Missing three days, girl, 16, returns home
A 16-year-old girl with a heart condition, who was missing almost three days, returned home Sunday after seeing her photo in the news. »