The Year We Met: 2003-2005

The first time I met Sharon was at Julie’s wedding in 2003. The night before the wedding, the gathering was at Steve Gray’s property up on the hills overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. There was Dagny Eason and Sharon and me, wiping down the table and putting on a tablecloth. I remember thinking: God she’s beautiful. I was smitten.

We met again day before Sally’s birthday in 2005.  I remember. 

Sharon and I sat down together at the end of a table, kitty-corner to Sally’s. Why exactly we sat together I can’t recall, but we sat across the table looking at each other throughout the dinner. When we were finished eating, we both had toasts to make, and I wanted to go before Sharon, and I did. My toast was a golf club to Sally because her mother used to hit golf balls at any boat that came too close to her shore! 

Sharon and I went home after Sally’s birthday in the same car with other women. We really laughed; I think we all were a bit tipsy! I remember that I went around the car asking for telephone numbers, and while I asked for everyone’s number, what I really wanted was Sharon’s.