Who doesn’t appreciate a good love story? While this memoir is a love story, it is not a simple one. Reading it, you will smile and appreciate the early lives that Monique and Rick created together their music, trips and adventures. But later you will cry for their story was fractured when Rick suffered a stroke. You may feel anger for the lack of support. You may feel shock when reading the words spoken by an unsympathetic neurologist. And then you may feel joy at reading the words of a friend giving Monique hope for the future. Through all this Monique was steadfast and strong as shown in her stories. The love shared by Monique and Rick carried them forward.