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"2 Tickets To Paradise" Dedicated to Mark Bedard...The love of my life Submitted by Carol We'd been married for 12 years, had 2 kids and were in dire need of a "real" vacation. We'd never been anywhere but local places and only for weekends. Luxurious vacations were hard to afford, but I had a plan up my sleeve. Being a hopeless romantic-it was to be a surprise to my husband, Mark. Throughout the years, I spoke of Hawaii often. I'd lived there for 6 months out of high school, survived hurricane Eva, got homesick and came home. I decided Hawaii was a much better place than home... I got a job and was saving my money to go back. I never made it back... you see... this wonderful guy came into my life, we fell in love, got married and had two kids and life went on here at home. I still dreamed about going, but I wanted to share the magic of Hawaii with Mark. I put my vacation plan into action in May 1995. I booked a trip where I could put money down and make payments. We were scheduled to leave in October. I was a waitress, so I hid my tips away, made payments on our tickets every week and saved like a crazy woman for 5 months. I even went shopping for beach attire for both of us. All our friends and family were in on the secret, they were just as excited as I was. I could hardly contain myself the day before our trip! I packed our suitcases, put them in the trunk of the car, put a blindfold in the glovebox, had the tape cassette ready to play a song when we get to the airport, the kids were at my folks', everything was set... I just needed Mark to believe my story in the morning. 4:30 am...we're up, he buys my story, (haha!) I blindfolded him and I drove to a meeting place where some friends and family are waiting to follow me into airport parking. They surround the car, with video camera rolling, I roll down the windows, pop in the cassette, take the blindfold off Mark and "Eddy Mony and I" start singing at the top of our lungs "2 Tickets To Paradise"... then I whip out "2 tickets to Hawaii" at a key moment in the song and Mark is in shock & disbelief and says "NO WAY!" He finally realizes it's real and was overwhelmed with excitement! It was the best 8 days in paradise. Seven years have passed and we're in dire need of another "REAL VACATION"! This year on May 23rd, we're renewing our vows for our 20th wedding anniversary... this time were sharing the magic of Hawaii with our 2 daughters!
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