When I returned from my mission,
I met a beautiful young woman. She captivated me from the
first moment I saw her. My wife had set the goal to
get married in the temple. Also, back then,
the nearest temple required a trip of
over 4,000 miles. Our civil marriage ceremony
was both happy and sad, for we were married
with an expiration date. The officer pronounced
the words "And now I declare you husband and wife,"
but immediately after, he said, "until death do you part." So with sacrifice, we set out
to purchase a one-way ticket to the Mesa Arizona Temple. In the temple, kneeling
down at the altar, an authorized servant pronounced
the words I longed for, which declared us
husband and wife for time and for all eternity.