"I have never felt safer or more loved than I did when I was in his arms. There is no doubt in my mind that he changed me for the better. All I can say is that we were good for each other and better together."

Martha and Stephan were married for almost 18 years. It was her second marriage and Stephan's third. She did not believe in soulmates, but after meeting Stephan she was convinced she had met hers.

After Stephan was given a terminal diagnosis, he gradually lost his ability to do many things. When he would lament that he "couldn't do anything," Martha would tell him that his most important job was to "love me." Stephan did that job perfectly right until he took his last breath. The last fews days of his life he was no longer able to speak, but even when he couldn't say the words, she could see the love in his eyes. 

This is their love story.

For four years, Martha cared for her husband, Stephan, while he battled FTD (Frontotemporal Degeneragtion) and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). During this time Martha and Stephan walked through the valley of death. They found the strength and the hope that they needed to carry on in God's Word.

In these meditations, Martha says she was preaching to herself, "I needed frequent reminders to look to God for the help  needed to accomplish this impossible task." With God's help, Martha was able to walk Stephan to the end of his dark valley and somehow survive the ordeal. Now, she walks another valley as a widow, but she knows that God is faithful and he is still walking beside her in this valley.

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