I don’t know the woman or man in this picture. It was taken at a Settlers Reenactment at Fort Griffin, Texas last year by my friend Dee Stephenson Elliott. Dee kindly permitted me to use this picture on my blog site after learning how strongly I connected with this couple. I hope my words can portray just what my heart felt.  So here goes… and for illustrative purposes I have given them the names of Anna and Samuel.

From the moment I saw her, I admired her and wanted to know more. The look on her face showed a woman who has a great love and respect for her husband.  She drew me into her life and immediately a story played out in my mind about what it must have been like for this pioneer woman.