Dear Readers: In light of St. Patrick’s Day, I want to share this story from “Same Boat,” who wrote a response recently to share the story of how he reconnected with his fiancee from 28 years ago. With all the twists and turns of life, his story is about as lucky as they get. May your holidays be equally serendipitous!

I better be getting a hug,” she said. To paraphrase Eminem, I had “traveled back to the arms of my rightful owner.”

Thank you for publishing my response to “Nostalgic and Regretful.” I wanted to share with you something I recently wrote regarding my fiancée and my love story -- our “romance novel,” if you will. We met in March 1994 at a local pizzeria.