David Dwyer

She was actually working the registration table.

And when I approached her, I actually stumbled on what my name was to give her my name to get my name tag.

I was just struck by her.

And throughout the conference, as she spoke and she did various things, and I realized, wow, she's not only beautiful, but she's intelligent.

and went back again for another conference in September.

And as fate would have it, we were both single at that point.

So we ended up hanging out outside of the conference, going out to dinner.

It was at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire.

So the second night we were walking on the beach, and I told her I was already falling in love with her.

It's a beautiful nook.

This little parcel, this little two acres of the world, we refer to it as our sanctuary.

We just love being outside, putting in the gardens, getting our hands dirty.

It's a normal, relaxing Sunday.

Not a lot of care in the world.

There was no errands to run.

There was no commitments to honor.

It was just a nice, relaxing, beautiful Sunday type you hope you get every now and then so you can just rejuvenate.

She came to know which birds were going into which tree at night.

So she would stay with her binoculars until, you know, everybody went into their hole and roosted for the night and then she'd come back home.

Katherine came in and said, well, shouldn't mom be home by now?