<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>True love is real...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Once upon a time two youngsters Joseph &amp; Lidia five years apart in age met on a bus ride to a public speaking contest. They began talking about life goals dreams poetry and more. Over time their conversations grew into a strong friendship despite their age difference. Years passed and one day they were blessed with realization that they had found their soulmates and they got engaged to be married when Joseph graduated college.&nbsp;At the time of their engagement they had not yet kissed or even held hands for the first time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>One year later on the day of his graduation two best friends and soulmates were married and they never stopped courting. Over the years for special occasions such as birthdays anniversaries and valentine's day or to celebrate personal moments Joseph would write rhymed and metered love poems and life poems to his beautiful bride. The collection of poetry became a memoir a window into their courtship over the years.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>As we approach our fiftieth wedding anniversary we have gathered this collection into this book Poems of Love &amp; Life: Our Courtship in Rhyme and we are happy to share it with you the reader. If it happened to us it can happen to you at any time and at any age. </span></p>