From "Decision or Destiny"

Today I will marry my best friend;

the one I laugh with, live for, dream with.

Love...

More perfect than I had planned, my wedding day brought me full circle...I was home finally! Clear blue Wisconsin skies and warming sunshine highlighted the freshly opened pink and white blossoms as we walked down the winding path to the covered bridge...to the chapel in the woods.

(The actual characters that the story is based on, are married for 18 years, May 31, 2014)

Poem from "Decision or Destiny"

You were first mine in nineteen fifty-nine.

We danced and dreamed and enjoyed the day,

until I said I will be going away.

Our lives went on with others we wed,

and I thought my feelings for you were dead.

Again my life changed and I felt the pain.

Just when I thought I had nothing to gain,

my friend said you too were alone.

I wrote a letter saying I was coming home.

We talked and walked and danced all night.

The flame of love was still there,

and I sensed that you also did care.

Now that we have married, coming home was oh so right.

Remember all those who served our country