It's The Journey That Counts

<i>It's the Journey that Counts</i> begins the story of a young Air Corps Lieutenant and his wartime bride. The two are separated during World War II when he sets sail on the USS Joseph T. Dickman as part of a large military convoy. Bound for a destination unknown he and four special friends will participate in the best-kept secret in modern warfare the African Invasion. Of the five men only the writer's husband will return.</p>Later widowed at fifty and left with two minor children and no permanent home the writer experiences feelings of inadequacy and trepidation. A good life will follow but satisfactory answers never seem clear to the nagging and persistent whys of life.</p>At age seventy she returns to her Alma Mater a highly structured woman's college in the Deep South to celebrate the 50th Anniversary for her class of 1942. When the weekend brings unusual encounters with aging friends a unique perspective of life's history begins to unfold. Only then does she accept the fact that the whys of life may never be satisfactorily answered: yet life like her mother's quilt tops may likely reveal the greatest warmth and coziness with the final quilting.