At the end of the tour, I was saying my good-byes as everyone was leaving the building and the last one to come down the ramp was the little lady, bawling her eyes out! Having been brought up to believe that if there is a problem, I AM THE ONE WHO IS WRONG, I started to apologize to her for whatever it was that I did to upset her.
She quickly told me to stop talking (which is hard for me to do) and let her explain. She told me that sixty years ago, on this very day, she, and her husband to be, were dancing in the Ballroom and he proposed to her while they were dancing that evening. They vowed that evening that they would return to the Casino Ballroom sixty years from the date that he proposed. They had planned their trip and had made their reservations; however, he had died a few weeks ago. So she then had to make the TERRIBLE decision to come back to the Island ALONE. She was devastated and wasn't sure if she was going to be able to pull it off, but she had felt compelled to come.
When the music was playing and she was standing there alone, she felt terrible. (part 3 coming soon)
She quickly told me to stop talking (which is hard for me to do) and let her explain. She told me that sixty years ago, on this very day, she, and her husband to be, were dancing in the Ballroom and he proposed to her while they were dancing that evening. They vowed that evening that they would return to the Casino Ballroom sixty years from the date that he proposed. They had planned their trip and had made their reservations; however, he had died a few weeks ago. So she then had to make the TERRIBLE decision to come back to the Island ALONE. She was devastated and wasn't sure if she was going to be able to pull it off, but she had felt compelled to come.
When the music was playing and she was standing there alone, she felt terrible. (part 3 coming soon)
1 comment:
Chuck, I love the idea of you blogging about the Catalina!
Mikhail Smirnov
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