STUNNING STORY ABOUT DESTINY

World wants to know about Boynton couple's fairy tale beginnings at Disney

If Sleeping Beauty recounted over and over again how she met her prince in the woods "quite by accident," her dinner guests might roll their eyes and groan.

But unlike the love story in Sleeping Beauty, the story of Alex and Donna Voutsinas' meeting is a true Disney fairy tale worth retelling. The Boynton Beach couple has been telling it to their friends for the eight years they've been married, but only now is it starting to spread beyond family lore - and across the world over the Internet.

A week before the Voutsinases were to be married in March 2002, they were sifting through old photos to create a slideshow for their reception when Donna held up a Polaroid of her at age 5. She and her two brothers were at the Magic Kingdom, posing with a Disney character. Her family had just moved to Florida from New York's Long Island and the 1980 trip was their first to Disney.

But Alex found something familiar in that picture, too. In the background, to the left, was a man he immediately recognized. It was his father, Tony, pushing a young boy in a stroller. A boy Alex thought looked too much like his own baby pictures.

Alex grabbed the photo and raced to his mother's house, where they sifted through hundreds of old photos until they came to a set from their trip to Disney in 1980. The family had been living in Montreal at the time, and it was also Alex's first visit to Disney. In all the photos, Tony and Alex, 3 at the time, are dressed just as they are in Donna's print.

Twenty-two years before they were married, Alex Voutsinas and Donna Balzano were captured in the same image at Disney World .

It's a small world, after all.

"I believe everybody crosses paths at one time or another, but to have it documented like we did just blew my mind," Alex said. The story had been something to amuse visiting friends. But when a friend suggest Alex post the photo and story on Facebook on May 30, the fairy tale was sprinkled with pixie dust. One friend shared it with another, and then another.

Inside of a week, CNN.com had posted it on front page of its website. The story on Yahoo.com already has more than 3 million views. Calls came in from Canadian press, the BBC and the major network morning shows. CBS's The Early Show, NBC's Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America all are clamoring to be the first national outlet to have the kismet couple.

Good Morning America, whose parent company is Disney, hinted their meeting might make for the perfect fairy tale ending. "We did this just for fun," Voutsinas said, "but if I can take my kids to Disney, I'm going to jump at the opportunity."

Alex and Donna didn't meet until 1995, when she took a job at the Voutsinas' Ramada Hotel franchise. They married, had three boys, and they love going to Disney still. But now, when they get home, they carefully study all the little girls in the background of their pictures.

"Maybe their future wives are in the background," Alex said. "You never know."


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The Little Girl

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned

to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike

up a conversation with your fellow passenger."

The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total

stranger, "What would you want to talk about?"

"Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God,

or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly.

"Okay," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask

you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same

stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns

out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"

The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence,

thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which

the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss

God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don't know shit?"

And then she went back to reading her book.

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4 yr old Meredith's Letter To God

Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so, and she dictated these words:

Dear God,

Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.

I hope you will play with her. She likes to swim and play with balls. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.

Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,

Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help and I recognized her right away.

Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.

Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you. I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I'm easy to find. I am wherever there is love.

Love, God

Don't say you're too busy to forward this. Just go ahead and do it.

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The Terminated Teacher

This happened to a friend of mine. It is hard to understand why it happened this way. But who am I to judge the situation anyway. All I wish is the best interest of the children in school should be the priority of any school when problems arise.

Mila : How is everything? Heard you were in the hospital?

Bel : Yeah. Am dying...

Mila : What? What happened?

Bel : Tired of struggling. Who told you?

Mila : Victor. But know nothing about details of your hospitalization. What really happened?

Bel : Depression.

Mila : What depressed you?

Bel : But I am okay now and bouncing back. I was terminated from work and I'm going to fight for my right.

Mila : I see, good. Yes, it's good to fight for one's right.

Bel : I'm just waiting for the termination letter.  I still have to report everyday until I receive my termination letter.

Mila : I see. Why do you have to wait for the termination letter?

Bel : Yes, so I can fight back as per my lawyer's advise. They terminated me verbally and so I am waiting for the termination letter for confirmation.  

Mila : What is the reason for termination?

Bel : Teaching wrong strokes to the pupils after 5 yrs in teaching.  They just discover that recently and terminated me.

Mila : Hahaha... What a funny excuse for termination.

Bel : Yes, everyone's laughing when they heared the reason of termination. It's my first offense and dismissal served immediately.  I was even told that the school can terminate anybody without a cause. They told me to resign so I can get a good moral conduct when I leave.

It is absurd as I have noticed the parents were not the one doing the follow up for their child. It was my co teacher who always complain, so concern about her niece's failing grades. The fact that she is also tutoring her niece at home made me wonder if she is concern about her rather than the child's welfare and she's the one who push the parents to write a letter of complaint. And it took one letter to terminate me.

Our coordinator comes to my class to observe every now and then but no complains on my teaching style whatsoever. She even gave me a high rating for my teaching presentation all the time. There was not a single time where suggestions and recommendations to better my teaching were noted in my performance rating.   How could it be that this first offense did a termination decision from the board of administration? I just could not understand the logic behind.

One of the administrator told me that I better resign voluntarily to get a good moral certificate which will benefit me should I seek work somewhere else. She explained that if I decided to let them terminate me, they can not give me a good moral certificate because there will be a record of me being terminated. The word terminate is such a strong word of negation, it can hinder one from being hired. Which I think is a way for companies to decided whether to hire someone knowing the person was terminated. However, if the company would check on the reason and found out that after 5 years of working, one wrong stroke is the reason for termination, that would be a laughing matter. It's just a thought and I am smiling...

She even ask me if I told anyone about the matter? That very moment, my conscious mind was wondering why she ask this question. If I tell anyone, it is my decision. That made me wonder if the admin was concern they will be having problems should the matter be exposed...

Bel : I was overwhelmed with everything it was hard to breathe. That is how I end up in the hospital. But I am feeling fine now but unsure what to do. I am angered at how they handled the situation. I am angered that according to the administration, there was a lot of complains about me but never did tell me. I feel like an idiot, doing my best to teach the children appropriately and now dropping the bomb as if they did me a favor for keeping me despite the complains about me. I wish they had told me to better myself for the sake of the children in my class who will be future leaders.  I have high respect for this school, being a private school and a religious one but nowadays it doesn't matter who runs the school or how famous the school is because it all boils down to money, I guess.

I was so stressed trying to figure out what to do. It is very hard to take it all at once. As a teacher, I really enjoyed teaching the little ones. They are so cute, smart and full of curiosity everyday, it always made my day. They mean the world to me and I would missed them but life must go on. I am still waiting for the termination letter so I can fight for this. They terminated me verbally which is unofficial. My lawyer is waiting for the letter so we can go to the next step. I am not sure if this is the right thing to do but life is full of battles, it is best to fight rather than keep quiet for one's right. Wish me luck!

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