Anastasia

There once was a shy little girl named Anastasia, who lived on a little street in a small town in the Middle of Nowhere. Across the backyard fence, kiddy-corner and two doors down, lived a boy named David. They went to the same schools and had many mutual friends, but for 10 years remained merely acquaintances. When Anastasia was 16, her family moved to the Big City. Twenty-two years later, Anastasia returned to that small town for the 20-year high school reunion. Amidst much hoopla and gatherings of old friends, she ran into David, who was no longer a shy little boy. The two were (by all accounts) quite inseparable for the week, until Anastasia had to return home. A week later, David (who hates to fly!) hopped on a plane to visit Anastasia in the Big City for a few days, at the end of which they knew the 'long-distance thing' was not going to work! A couple more short back-and-forth trips were planned, and a one-way ticket to the Big City booked for David. A month later, while Anastasia was back in the small town for another visit, during a walk in the sand dunes, David bent down on one knee and popped the Big Question, much to Anastasia's shock and amazement. Luckily for David, Anastasia sometimes listens to her instincts rather than Practical Logic, and she said "Yes!" The rest is History in the Making...