A Love Story

Today, behind the barrier of the extremely dated wallpaper that we found behind the mirror, we found a little love note:

And I have since been whisked away to a different era - an era that happened nearly 77 years ago - a love story.

Who is Dan Beller?  Who was the girl who wrote this?  What is the significance of August 30, 1935?  How did they meet?  How old were they?  What was a romance in 1935 like?  What did they wear?  What did they do?  Where did they live?  Was this a secret romance, or true love?

Brian and I have both tried to find more information online through Google searches.  We've looked up the history of ownership on our house.  In May of 1935, this house was owned by James & Louise Neels.  The prior owners and the future owners didn't have Beller or any resemblance to the last name at all.  Was this a teenage crush?  Did they ever get together, or was this feeling a secret?

I can only imagine what it was like.

Brian claims to "know" that this was written from the worker who installed the wall paper...sealing his love and dating his project.  But the handwriting is suspiciously woman-like, I would say, and until he able to provide proof of this, I have my own version.

I believe it was true love.  I believe that the woman who wrote this and Dan Beller found something in each other that was powerful and strong.  Something they could not resist.  I believe their love was magical in all senses of the word and I believe they had so much joy and love and laughter through their long lives together.

Then again, I suppose this could be Mrs. Louise Neels' secret relationship with the construction worker putting the wall paper up in her brand new house while her new husband was busy at work and this was the only secret and safe way to seal the relationship that they both should not have succumbed to.  I suppose that could have happened as well.

BUT I prefer version number one.  I prefer the romance and the magic and the love.  I prefer the butterflies when you kiss, the tender touch when you hold hands, the love in each other's eyes.  So, I'm going with the first option.  And I want the woman who wrote this to know that we will continue to seal their love and keep their forever on our wall - whatever the story.

(For your reading pleasure, here are a few facts from 1935:
 -Franklin D. Roosevelt was president.
 -The board game Monopoly was released.
 -The cost of a gallon of gas was 10 cents.
 -Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Pacific.
 -Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Fred Astaire were among the top artists.
 -(Brian, this one is for you:) And the very first Orange Bowl was played by Bucknell and Miami - of which, the Bison obliterated Miami with a 26-0 win.)