It was a warm sunny day when Camie drove up to the Petro Plus gasoline station pumps at the north location in Superior to get some gasoline for her car. Before she could get out, Todd Kroeger, the attendant and a local firefighter, darted towards her waving his hand. Onlookers may have wondered if there were car problems or perhaps, he saw a spark. Reaching the driver side of her car he crouched down.
Camie peered through her open window at the man looking up to her, “Well, that is weird,” she thought to herself. Surely fueling the car was a legitimate reason to be there.
He waved her down, not because Todd saw vehicle trouble or a flicker; it was an old flame. The last few months leading up to this day did it for him. The two had rekindled their connection after a 10-year departure from their high school dating years. This was a fire that he didn’t want extinguished.
A gust of corn dust blew past their faces and not minding the gravel beneath his knee, Todd had a gift to bestow upon Camie. The timing was odd. Was this really happening? Camie, quite perplexed, thought again “Well, that’s weird,” but gladly accepted the gift and their hearts ignited.
From that engaging day forward, the once high school sweethearts, are now nearing 33 years of marriage. Their hearts are still ablaze.
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