This is the story of love everlasting. The love that is discovered only in the young then lost. The love that is always there and is destined to find itself again. The author takes you back to that first love and it s effects on the lives of Rick and Annie. Why they loved and how that love lived deep within them over the years, even though they went on to live their lives without knowing what happened to each other. You are taken on a trip through the jungles of Vietnam, the battle for Rick s sobriety and the loss of the ones closet to him. While Annie struggles for her own identity she finds that she really doesn't need anyone. Or does she? It takes a twist of fate and an invitation to their high school reunion to finish a story that started so long ago.