Et Nunc Manet In Nos

Romantic relationships develop in strange and mysterious ways. How amazing it would be to have a birds-eye (first-hand) view of such in one's parents! That is exactly what I was privileged to experience through the love letters between my Mom and Dad before (and leading up to) their marriage. Reading and vicariously experiencing the personal/intimate, heart/soul-felt communications between people is rare and telling, indeed. But I was fortunate enough to uncover these decades-old exchanges in a most unexpected fashion. And how curious I was! Where did we come from? What was Darwin talking about?

Well, here it is, in all its glory and modesty, my parents' story in living color, warts and wrinkles included. I hereby present these unvarnished and uncensored narratives, from Dad to Mom, detailing a love affair in gestation which would lead to the marriage and family that became my story. A story worth telling, a story worth reading, lessons worth learning and living...