e-Buddies of the Moment
Each e-Beat, we profile one of our many fantastic e-Buddies pairs! If you would like for your match to be profiled, please contact us!
This e-Beat we are featuring Carol and Mary Ellen!
As a rule, e-Buddies participants do not meet each other in person. This spring, two e-Buddies were able to meet in person in a rare Best Buddies moment. This meeting was facilitated by Best Buddies staff. Below is an account of that meeting by one of the e-Buddies.
Dreams Come True
By Carol Iaciofano
My name is Carol A. Iaciofano and I have been a member of Best Buddies International's e-Buddies program since September 2004. My e-Buddy's name is Mary-Ellen. She is from Canada and I am from Florida. On April 14, 2012 Mary-Ellen and I had the opportunity to meet each other in one of the most magical places on earth. We met at Cinderella's Castle in Walt Disney World Florida.
Meeting Mary-Ellen was like we had been friends all our lives and were reuniting, but we were meeting each other for the first time. Her hug was the best hug that I have received. We watched the show at the castle together. The show was about dreaming and dreams coming true which I think was so incredible because I have dreamed about meeting Mary-Ellen and it had come true.
Mary-Ellen and I have a lot in common. We both have one sister. She is the oldest sister in her family where I am the youngest sister in my family. We both write poetry. We both love to read and go to the movies. I like romantic tales where she likes Steven King novels. For her, the scarier the better; for me, I like the classic Disney endings...and they lived happily ever after. Our favorite color is pink. We both love cats.
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And we both like making people smile. Mary-Ellen makes me smile. I feel that I am a better person because I know her.
Mary-Ellen and I will continue to communicate back and forth weekly via e-mails. It was so nice to put a face and a personality to the many e-mails we have shared. Mary-Ellen is a happy person and I will always treasure the time that I have spent with her and will continue to enjoy her e-mails. I have always felt that Mary-Ellen and I would be lifelong friends and after meeting her in person, I know that we will. This is a great program and I am overwhelmed with happiness to be a part of it.
Mary Ellen (left) and Carol at Disney World.
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