Once in time, a teenaged youth not yet a
man daringly fled from a life of neglect and abuse
to travel alone with only the sun, the moon and
God as his companions.

In his travels, he wandered into a tiny village
on a remote Indian Reservation, and his life never
again would be the same.

Out of the mist of his loneliness and life of
singularity, he came to know the warmth of love
of a beautiful village maiden who offered unselfish
dedication and commitment without condition or
pretense.

Across space, he perceived her image and
found himself riveted and spellbound with her
gentle, unwavering smile and luscious lips
presenting a vision where he thought only Rescue Me.

The youth came to his companion unfeeling
and wandering in utter despair and met
comfort and understanding. With soulful eyes,
the maiden gazed upon him and whispered,
“I’ve been waiting forever only for you.”

Trembling in his soul, succumbing to the
passions of his heart, the youth stood spellbound
and hopelessly intoxicated. One taste of her image
and he was forever lost in love, even as the maiden
rescued him from spiritual death.

In her rhythm of movement, the fair maiden
reigned irresistible, her swaying hips playing like a
magnet on his soul. As he listened to her warm,
lilting laughter, she tossed her head with an infectious
smile, and with the joy of instant attraction he was
swept away, ablaze in the appeal of her alluring
excitement.


With the first touching of hands and soft hellos,
with the easy talking and the sharing of likes and
passions and fascinations, the past of the youth
vanished, and he entered another world—a world of
love and harmony blessed with children and
fulfillment.

On Earth, a lifetime of seasons came and
passed, but the love endured, even as their children
brought the gift of their own children, offering yet
more rapture in the Circle of Life.

In this time of aging and fireside warming,
the old man gives thanks to God for the woman
who answered his call of Rescue Me and knows
that blessed are those by the Great Spirit
who serve their chosen companion with the
comfort and security of enduring love.

Daily, now, the old man looks with adoring
eyes and recites, “Only by God’s grace do I know
the secret of your abiding presence in my lodge.
Indeed the Creator sent you to answer my plea,
Rescue Me. Today, with wisdom born of age and
experience, my heart and soul overflow with the
knowledge of a great secret—I was made for you
and you were made for me!”


So mote it be.


MY BELOVED JODI PASSED AWAY MARCH 3, 2020.
WE WERE BLESSED WITH A MARRIED
PARTNERSHIP FOR 68 YEARS.