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A Love Letter To Al
Though they had every reason to cross paths, it took this couple years to actually meet each other.

Love In A Small Town is a Patch column that features voices from your neighborhood as well as ones from communities across the country on topics ranging from marriage to first dates. Get ready to get all the feels.
Though they had every reason to cross paths, it took this couple years to actually meet each other.

A steakhouse busboy and hat check girl went their separate ways but rekindled their romance decades later.
A seven-year-old writes a sweet Valentine’s Day poem to her best friend.
“I love the twinkle in your eyes when you look at me. That is how I know that I am loved by the woman behind those eyes.”
“You make me want to become a better person, and push me to strive for greatness.”
“You carry a sense of calm and humor in your back pocket and can find a way to see the good in any situation.”
A man had just moved to a new office when he first laid eyes on his future wife.
In search of the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, this man chose to write a heartfelt poem.
After spotting each other from across the bar, a random suggestion from a mutual friend brought these two strangers together again.
This couple’s love story dates back to their school days at North Bend Elementary.
“It's not just the support she has shown me when I have been deployed, but the small everyday things that make me truly love her.”
“Whether it’s a trip to the beach or just a ride in the car going nowhere, he is my copilot.”
A Medford resident looks back on her love-filled life with her late boyfriend.
One spontaneous hitchhiking experience became a marriage of 45 years and counting.
“We are like an oil painting, with layers and layers of stories.”
After losing contact for several years, one couple reconnected over Facebook and carried out an overseas move to be together.
“Spending my life by your side as your girlfriend, partner and wife has been the greatest blessing of my existence.”
“Just as the cosmos is ever expanding, the ways that I choose to love you will ever be expanding as well.”
“When I say she’s the total package, it’s an understatement.”