Background: Donna and I grew up in the same LDS Stake. As many of you know, Donna found me attractive (snicker, snicker) back then and would write about me in her journal when she would see me at Stake Youth functions. Admittedly, I have thoroughly enjoyed her entries.
With the advent of Facebook, I have rediscovered several of my friends from my Mission in Chile. To refresh my memory about some of these people, I pulled out my old mission journals and began reading. In late 1993, I received a letter from Sharon Martin from Magnolia. I believe that my Dad saw her while visiting the Magnolia Branch and asked her to write me. She also sent me a picture of her with her cousin. I wrote back mistakenly thinking that Sharon was the blonde in the picture. She made abundantly clear in her follow up letter that she was indeed the brunette. Oops! (Needless to say, I didn't receive any more letters from her.) I wrote in my journal about this exchange. My journal reads, "Sharon Martin isn't the gorgeous blonde I thought she was. She is a gorgeous dark-haired cousin. I received a picture of the two of them at the beach. I'm definitely going to have to get to know the Martin family better."
So... Donna is vindicated. I'm so glad I've gotten to know her better. I can't imagine life without her.
Editor's note: As for Sharon, she eventually married my best friend, Danny Carpenter. Danny is also the person that recommended I ask out Donna once my divorce was final. Thanks Danny.
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