a life unaccounted for

imagine someone asking you that... how would you feel?

i came across that line in a column in kerygma. in the article, the writer relates a story about a soldier and his childhood sweetheart. nathan (or is it newt? i forgot) went away to be a soldier, living catharine (not catherine, really). as years went by, catharine became engaged with another man, believing that nathan (or newt) had forgotten about him.

upon knowing about the engagement, nathan (or maybe it's newt) went AWOL and went to catharine's house. there he invited the girl to take a walk.

"a walk?" she asked.

"you know... one foot in front of the other.. through the woods.. just like when we were children.." nathan (or newt) answered.

so she obliged. now during that walk, they both had to decide: would it be a short walk for old times' sake, or a long walk to forever?

(the column writer used that story to propose to his wife of eight years)

i love that story..........