Introduction: This is not a love story. It’s not really a story at all. It’s just life. Life from a perspective few people ever get the chance to see, words one rarely has access to; that is, through the eyes and lips of a convicted murderer, and the woman who loves him. Keep an open mind; many will say it’s just too crazy to be true, but with my mind open, I managed to find happiness where no one else was looking. Once upon a time, life was easy. Lives were had, work was done, babies were born, children were reared for family business, elders died, and such was the cycle of life. It was short and it was simple. But that was long before you or I ever stepped foot in it. Each generation besieges new conquests and typically gives up on them before the mountain crest is ever within range of sight. Few will peak, and fewer will conquer. Most get lost trying to trace a former’s footprints; many die through lack of prepar...