In the town where I lived, I could never find my true love, my princess, my mermaid-my soul mate. There were no women who even remotely resembled the perfection of Snow White, Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty.
When I saw the film Sleepless In Seattle, I saw two soul mates (Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks) find their way to each other and fall madly in love-even though they lived 3000 miles apart. That was when a light bulb went on inside my head.
I would make a worldwide search for MY long-lost true love-and we would live happily ever after. I met Michelle through a nationwide dating service. I lived in California;...