I gave up a part of my body to meet her....

Harold was a young American GI, laid up in a British hospital

after having his appendix removed. Not overly bothered by the

R & R from his daily duties in the military, he was feeling sore

in the lower right side of his abdomen. To take his mind of the

pain, Harold went to visit a guy in another ward he happened

to know.

Not knowing his friend had visitors, Harold came upon his

friend talking with two women. His friend had been courting an

English woman and as this woman wanted to visit, she brought

a chaperone. Heaven smiled on Harold and he struck up a

conversation with the chaperone: a beautiful, petite brunette

with bright blue eyes.

At the time Harold had no idea he was looking at

the mother of his future children, let alone the fact that she

was only sixteen years old; but his bold heart eventually

captured her.

After 58 years of marriage, Harold still tells his grandchildren,

"I gave up a part of my body to meet her." His posterity are

so glad that he did and more so that she said yes.