This Blog post is written Dottie Butler - Lisa Soyka's Mother
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| My Husband Cam and Myself (Dottie) |
When Lisa asked me to write about the first time Cam, her
step-father, and I met Dan, we both had to really search our memory bank for
specifics. Of course as everyone knows it’s
the memory that fails us first.
But
some things are very clear like it was only yesterday....
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| Me (Dottie) and My Beautiful Daughter Lisa on her Wedding Day |
Lisa and I are very close and as she shared with me several
failed relationships (no one to blame in particular, just not the right one) I
suggested she go on Match.com. I had
known of several people who took that route and were successful in finding
their mate. As a veterinary professional
working weekdays till 7 pm and the majority of Saturdays till 1:00, it is not
that easy to find the time and energy to put forth in an effort to find the
person that may be Mr. Right.
So when I got a call from Lisa saying she got
several responses from her profile, we were both excited. We agreed to meet the following afternoon at
the mall, shop and have a nice lunch where she would show me the
responses.
She had printed profile copies of the gentlemen she may possibly be interested
in. We had a fun lunch, talking and
laughing as she showed me three profiles she was interested in meeting.
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| This Man Dan Was Chosen! |
It wasn’t more than a day or two when she called to say she
was meeting the one that was her first pick, Dan. After the first date she was like a teenager
meeting her first love. She went out
with one other guy the next weekend, came home and said there was no chemistry and
it was Dan she wanted to see. All
remaining profiles found the trash heap.
Things were progressing quickly, they were seeing each other
more days (than not) in the weeks to come.
She was cheerful and seemed very happy.
Of course, as a mother I wanted to meet this man who brought a smile to her
face. We were eagerly looking forward to
giving our approval of Dan. Any concerns
we may have had were put to rest immediately upon meeting him.
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| Dan and Lisa in N.Georgia |
Within a couple weeks of their relationship we
invited them up to our North Georgia mountain home for wine, appetizers,
dinner, great scenic view of the Fall colors and of course great conversation
and dessert.
What a nice surprise when we met them at the door and Dan
greeted me with a hug and a large bouquet of flowers. We were also very pleased that he is an
animal person since he had to deal with our Golden, Max, and our four cats. Of course, with Lisa being a Veterinarian he
would have no other choice but to love animals!
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| Dan Loves Dogs :) |
We found Dan to be considerate and polite and an
intellectual. He has a very strong
personality, not one that would let a woman walk all over him and that was
obviously a trait that attracted Lisa. From a physical perspective I could see the
attraction Lisa had with Dan. My initial
thoughts were yes, he is very handsome and with a well developed physique. He obviously takes care of himself, works out
and enjoys the outdoors as his tan made that apparent. From all obvious appearances he seemed to be
a picture of perfect health.
In less
than a year he would begin having symptoms no one could explain.....
After our initial meeting with Dan my sister,
Linda, her husband, Duane and son, Brian came down as they always do every year
for Thanksgiving. They arrived the Saturday
before Thanksgiving, and Sunday we all decided to head to Lisa’s in Marietta, GA.
My sister and family, as well as myself, are
all from Pennsylvania and huge Steeler fans.
Much to our liking, Dan is also from Pa. and a Steelers fan too! I’m starting to wonder if there is any flaw
to the guy, he’s perfect! There was a
huge game that night; the Steelers were playing the Chiefs.
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| Dan and Lisa's Cousin Brian |
My nephew has Down syndrome and the
way Dan interacted with him was amazing.
Brian LOVED Dan. He had to sit by Dan at dinner and was really
excited when Dan taught him a special hand shake that they would end up doing
about 100 times that night.
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| Me (Dottie) and Daughter Lisa |
As I mentioned earlier, Lisa has had many
disappointments in the past but this man was different. As a mom, I worry about her getting too
involved too early but I felt 150% comfortable with Dan. I had a certain intuition with this one, I
can’t explain it but I knew this was something very special that would change Lisa’s
life
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