When I returned from my mission, I met a beautiful young woman.
She captivated me from the first moment I saw her.
My wife had set the goal to get married in the temple.
Also, back then, the nearest temple
required a trip of over 4,000 miles.
Our civil marriage ceremony was both happy and sad,
for we were married with an expiration date.
The officer pronounced the words "And now I
declare you husband and wife," but immediately after, he said,
"until death do you part."
So with sacrifice, we set out to purchase a one-way ticket
to the Mesa Arizona Temple.
In the temple, kneeling down at the altar,
an authorized servant pronounced the words I longed for,
which declared us husband and wife
for time and for all eternity.