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For the upcoming Valentine’s Day, the Beacon asked for submissions from readers on how they met their significant others.

A road trip leads to marriage

Over 20 years ago, my Unitarian Universalist church needed a fourth instructor for a sexuality and faith class. After encouragement from one of the other teachers, I took the training and joined the team.

For eight months, my future wife (Lori) and I sat in a room with 20 middle-schoolers every Sunday, talking about communication, respect, personal values, and other relationship-related issues.

About a year lat...