Prologue - June 6, 1944 Germany - Uncertain peace - Crossing the border - The gift of love - Uncontrollable fear - 1947 Leaving Germany - 1947 Crookston, Minnesota - Facing new challenges - Little Sammy - Same holiday, different customs - Faith of my childhood - 1948 to 1952, we are a family - The accident - Coping - 1956 to 1959 - 1959 Ada, Minnesota - June 1960, Off to Germany - Return to the east/west line - A broken heart - The gulf between - 1960 to 1963, The world of work - Turbulent times - Wedding vows - Finally teaching - Truth has two sides - Briefly together, then broken forever - Titus, Irmgard, Stefan, Liv - A battle lost - Mama couldn't wait - Max, who couldn't be - We couldn't mend it - VA hospital becomes lifeline - Nature's fury unleashed - To say good-bye - A tribute to my gentleman soldier and all the soldiers who fought in wars.