02/14/2026
💕 Happy Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air, and today we're sharing another resident love story—one that began with a yellow scarf, a bold first impression, and an unexpected conversation.
Meet Gary and Meryl.
“One summer in the mid-1970s, I volunteered for a political campaign in Honolulu, helping at a fundraiser by greeting guests and collecting information at the door. As the event was wrapping up, a woman walked up wearing a yellow scarf, bright red lipstick, and more rings than I could count. When I asked for her information, she looked at me and said, ‘I don’t need to fill out one of those.’ I was stunned—and, to be honest, a little annoyed.
A short while later, she came back out and asked, ‘Don’t I know you from somewhere?’ Without missing a beat, I replied, ‘Yes—you do. I’m the man of your dreams.’ She shot back, ‘More like the man of my nightmares,’ and walked away. The next day, I returned to the campaign office—and there she was again, this time sitting at a desk. Turns out she was the newly hired volunteer coordinator… and my boss. That boss is still Meryl today—47 years later—as my wife, best friend, and the mother of our two children.”
—Gary and Meryl, Rogue Valley Manor Residents
