“My Father Said You Needed A Wife,” She Whispered… And I Said, “He Was Right”

more right than he knew because I needed a family, not just a wife. That evening we sat under the old maple tree on a new wooden bench I built with our carved initials “M and E” intertwined, with Elena resting her head on my shoulder and speaking softly into the wind to thank her dad because he was right. Looking out at the sun setting behind the wheat continue reading …