July 15, 2012

Two broken hearted souls going through divorce at the same time and in the same place, but neither souls know each other or what is about to change their lives forever...

and DESTINY is about change Rick's "course" ...

... Rick is traveling with The SFCC (South Florida Cruising Club) on his 62' yacht in The Bahamas and Suzi is at home in Islamorada with her 7 year old daughter...

Cut to scene: Tim and Sara Hale are entertaining friends and coworker Julie and Scott Harkins in Albany, Bahamas aboard their yacht. Tim is explaining to his guests from Palm Coast, Fl about the SFCC which consists of friends who met through yachting. Julie asks who belongs to the 62' Fairline next to them and The Hale's explain it is a friend of theirs who is going through a divorce who had to go home to Islamorada to tend to some personal matters. Julie and Scotts' jaws dropped when they exclaimed that they had a friend from Islamorada going through a divorce as well. After comparing notes on both Rick and Suzanne, the foursome decided it would be hilarious if they could set the two divorcees up on a Blind Date! Julie, convinced Rick sounded perfect for Suzanne, but knew she had some work to do to convince her to go on the dreaded Blind Date, headed straight for Suzanne's house.

And Tim being the ultimate marketing genius dubs the name EBD: Extreme Blind Date in the Bahamas and suddenly the challenge is on...

Next scene: Mooresville, NC Suzanne's house that she is preparing to rent. Julie happens to be driving through on her way to The Harkins' cabin in W. Virginia.

Julie is relaying to Suzi how highly everyone speaks of this guy Rick Capps and how he seems sporty and fun and EVERYONE loves him, although there is one slight hinderance...Rick is 15 years older...

Julie knew she had to overcome this objection with Suzi so she hurdles this obstacle with the fact that if it should not happen to work out with this Rick guy, Suzi, "you will surely be best friends with Tim and Sara Hale"...

Fast forward: Rick and Suzi talk over the phone, laugh about the chances of their mutual friends trying to set them up, and decide maybe they should in fact meet... Rick in his lack of expertise in recent dating offers his American Express number to Suzi to book a ticket to come visit him in the Bahamas.

Suzi's Tale: She gets off the plane and Rick's SMILE lit up the room and stole her heart... They both climbed into a car service vehicle, started talking, and have never stopped since...

Although they now believe their paths probably crossed a million times in places they both were: Islamorada, United Airlines Flights from MIA-ORD, New Zealand, South Africa, Italy... it took this long for the two hearts to be destined...