Hope, Courage & Triumph

Hope, Courage & Triumph is the story about one young widows journey through adventures and madness. Determination and love were the key elements of her being as she struggled to face the demons of the illness of her husband, Jerry. Tragedy was no stranger. No one knew what horrors lay behind the closed doors of her life, yet hope drove her on. One evening, after work, Jerry held her in his arm, confessing his love to her. Suddenly, a glaze covers his eyes and a look of hatred across his face. Looking at her, he began talking weird about things she knew nothing of. He said, Ive heard that before. You know what Im talking about. She couldnt move. The glaze left his face as suddenly as it came, and moving toward her, he said, I love you more than life itself. Hope drove her as she struggled to pull him out of the pits of hell.An earlier marriage between two teenagers is also addressed in Hope, Courage & Triumph. One day, after I said I love you, he squeezed my hand, opened his eyes, and looked directly at me. No more joy, for hope and courage are lost, and there is not triumph.