Archive for April, 2008
Timothy and Denise dated throughout their freshman year in high school, but the young couple parted ways and lost touch eventually. Twenty-six years later, still dreaming about his lost love, Timothy conducted a Reunion.com People Search for Denise. Even though Denise was a Member, he initially couldn’t find her because she hadn’t entered her maiden name.
When Denise, then divorced, added her maiden name to her Profile, she received a Who’s Searching for You? message. Upon seeing it was Tim, she immediately emailed him, eager to reconnect. Since then they have been inseparable. In front of family and friends, Timothy proposed and Denise joyfully accepted.
Wrote Timothy, “Thank you so much, Reunion.com, for making our lives so wonderful!”
April 24th, 2008
If it weren’t for her profile information, Nannette may have lost Angie forever.
Throughout high school, Nannette, now 54, and Angie, now 55, were inseparable. In college, Angie and her boyfriend introduced Nannette to her first husband. The two young couples then moved to Orange County, CA.
Sadly, the friends lost touch after Nannette and her husband divorced and Angie and hers moved away. Nannette eventually remarried and moved several times over the following years, completely losing track of Angie in the process.
Recently, a mutual friend of the two noticed Nannette’s profile while visiting Reunion.com and put the long-lost friends—both living in Las Vegas—in contact for the first time in 30 years.
Nanette and Angie have now picked up right where they left off and are inseparable once again!
April 24th, 2008
When Linda added her photo to her Reunion.com profile, she had no idea that it would change her life.
Fifty-four years ago, Linda lived in Wisconsin across the street from her best childhood friend, Reba. For years they were inseparable, spending hours together every day playing softball, football, and other games they invented. Unfortunately, after Reba’s family moved away when she was only 12, the friends lost touch.
Recently, Reba performed a People Search for Linda on Reunion.com and discovered her profile photo and instantly knew it was Linda. Soon after, Linda received the first phone call from her best friend in over 54 years. “I started screaming It’s Reba! Iit’s Reba!… I could hardly talk,” remembers Linda.
Amazingly, they now live only 12 miles from each other in Florida.
“You can’t believe how it feels to have someone you cared about so much walk into your life after so many years,” says Linda. “Thank you, Reunion.com, for really putting us in touch with each other again.”
April 24th, 2008
Reunion.com’s People Search reunites these three army buddies in a snap!
During military training at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, in the early ’80s, fast friends Maria, Cheryl, and Avis — the “three blond musketeers” — were nearly inseparable. But then they were stationed to different parts of the world, and once they had left the military they lost all contact with each other.
Eventually, Cheryl managed to relocate her friend Avis back in their home state of Pennsylvania, but there was no sign of Maria.
Unwilling to let such a great friendship pass and after years of searching, Cheryl finally visited Reunion.com, and with a quick People Search found Maria’s profile! She posted a message, and soon the three musketeers were back in touch.
A few months later they all got back together when Avis and Cheryl drove to North Carolina to visit Maria and spend the weekend with her. “We caught up on each others’ lives and reminisced about old times,” Cheryl recounts. “Took a few pictures too. It was great to see Maria and be together again. Our work schedules have hampered our attempts to get together again. But thanks to Reunion.com we at least now have the chance to speak to each other and keep in touch.”
April 24th, 2008
Prom dates Stephanie and Marcus were inseparable in high school in Houston but eventually lost touch when both headed off to college.
They each married and divorced, and then 10 years after their last contact, Marcus decided to search for Stephanie at Reunion.com.
Upon finding her profile with People Search, Marcus immediately sent Stephanie an email. “Steph, is it really you? — Marcus.”
Shortly after, the two reconnected and sparks flew. They married in an Elvis-inspired wedding in Las Vegas, July 1, 2006.
Said Stephanie, “I always believed this happened only in storybooks”.
April 24th, 2008
Despite years of searching, David was unable to locate his lost high school sweetheart — until he came to Reunion.com.
After David conducted a People Search, Tonja received a Who’s Searching for You? notification stating that he was looking for her. When David mentioned a heart-shaped diamond necklace that he had given her for Christmas, she immediately knew she was responding to the man she had fallen in love with more than 20 years before.
The two reconnected in February 2006, and after only one night realized they were meant to be together. “After 20 years, our love is just as strong,” says Tonja. “We love each other more now than we did back then.”
David and Tonja wed in Illinois on July 15, 2006, and now live in Marysville, Ohio.
April 24th, 2008
After growing up in Las Vegas, Kevin, now 34 from McKinney, Tex., began searching for old friends to find out where life had taken them and to reconnect. In particular, he wanted to find his best bud, Troy, now 33, of Murphy, Tex.
Kevin and Troy spent the summers together as kids, playing in their neighborhood until Troy’s family packed up and moved. Not until Kevin found Troy’s name using Reunion.com’s People Search did he find out that Troy was living only 5 miles from where he worked. The two caught up on 20-plus years of memories and new stories of their own new families, becoming best friends once again.
Having seen a new car photo sent by Kevin, Troy recognized the personalized plate one day in traffic. To their mutual surprise, they reunited in person, right there on the highway!
“Shortly after we reunited, we formed a softball team on a local league,” wrote Troy. “After twenty years of no contact, we found ourselves playing in the dirt together as if only a couple days had passed by.”
“We are still catching up, reuniting at backyard barbecues, double-dates with our wives, and I even attended Troy’s family reunion,” Kevin says.
April 24th, 2008
High school sweethearts Denise and Shannon dated for two years before deciding to marry. But their lives changed dramatically when Shannon joined the military, and their relationship ended. They married other people and lost touch. Eventually those marriages dissolved … but not their love for each other.
Denise had always wondered what happened to her long-lost love. One day, 24 years after they last saw each other, she looked for him on Reunion.com – and to her elation, found him. She emailed a simple hello, and in only a few hours he wrote back!
“I sat at my computer and just cried. Shannon had not only remembered me but could tell me everything about our lives so many years ago.”
They agreed to meet for coffee. “After 4 hours we still had lots to talk about, so we had lunch and talked for another 3 hours,” Denise recalls. But she wasn’t surprised they both still had strong feelings for each other. “Who ever forgets their first love?”
The relationship started all over again. “We have seen each other every week since that day in August 2006,” Denise recounts. “We talk every day … Our current families get along very well; he adores my children and they adore him. Our hope is to never loose touch again … or even better.
April 24th, 2008
When Elaine Vera was 18, her sister’s toddler disappeared with his father, and for the next 22 years the family was unable to find him. But they never forgot little David, who unbeknownst to them had ended up in foster care. Finally, Elaine used People Search and heard from David’s foster family, who helped her track her nephew down.
A few days before Christmas, Elaine left a message for David at work, and when he called her back shortly thereafter, they talked for an hour — and set up a hasty reunion for that very same night! Elaine had four short, exciting hours to phone the rest of her family to alert them, plus “clean house, get some food put together, and get dressed.” By 7:00 that evening she had David’s mother, brother, sister, four aunts, two uncles, and six cousins assembled with open arms to greet their boy – now a college graduate — who came with seven of his own foster family members!
“It was a Christmas to remember and treasure always,” says Elaine, and it turned out so well that David returned for another visit by himself on New Year’s morning. “He has given us a second chance — having him with us again is a dream come true … like I just hit the jackpot, but worth much more. Thanks a million, Reunion. You’ve made a big difference in my life and made it the best Christmas ever and a lot of happy new years to come for the whole family.”
April 24th, 2008
Cathie and Marce lived across the street from each other in San Diego when they were in junior high school, and after their mothers became friends the girls followed suit – they snacked on jerky, talked on can phones connected by string, went roller skating, chatted about boys, hung out on the beach, and planned which Beatle they would marry. They were there for each other through some difficult growing-up years and family problems.
Cathie and Marce lost contact when they were 16, then both married and went their separate ways. Nearly 40 years later, Marce joined Reunion.com and logged on regularly to see if any familiar names came up. Then came an email from Cathie, asking if she was the same Marce from across the street — and in no time the friends picked up from where they’d left off and have continued since. “We jump from the past to the present in a heartbeat,” marvels Marce. “Just like when we were teenagers, we have become a support system for each other.”
After corresponding for over a year, Cathie (back in San Diego) and Marce (who’s now in Montana) finally reunited in Palm Springs. “We had a great time!” reports Cathie. “We ate … talked … ate … talked.” But instead of boys, Marce says, “we talked about our children and grandchildren.”
“We relived many great times, funny times, and of course sad times growing up,” Cathie adds. “We plan on getting together in the future for a Women of Faith Event, and I’ll visit her in Montana. Even after all the years that have passed, Marce is still that young girl I remember who lived across the street from me. Time doesn’t erase the good stuff. Thank you, Reunion.com!”
April 24th, 2008
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