The summer Toni turned 34, she joined her friend’s beach share house in Bethany Beach, Delaware. By the time she arrived on July 4th weekend, everyone was at the beach already, everyone, that is, except for Frank Coleman, who she met as soon as she arrived. They were friendly with each other, but sparks weren’t exactly flying between them. Later that weekend, their group of friends were at a bar when a fight broke out. Not exactly a bar person to begin with, Toni wanted to leave. Frank noticed and suggested they take a walk on the boardwalk. Over the weekend, they spent a few all-nighters together on the beach, talking and laughing about everything: how she was Catholic and he was Jewish but how they were still similar and both originally from New York. That weekend Frank asked her on a boat ride. Later she introduced him to scuba diving. To avoid Sunday beach traffic, Toni gave Frank a ride back to their hometown of Washington, D.C. early Monday morning. By then, Toni was very interested in Frank. That night, he called and they went out the next day. A year later, they were engaged and they have been married for almost 30 years. She says, “People should not dismiss someone too soon. They could be passing on the potential love of their life.”