Elisabeth M. Seidel grew up in Savoie in the French Alps. After high school she decided to travel and spent the next few years living, working, and studying in Greece, England, France, and Italy. She then became a missionary with the Unification Church, traveling to the United States where she was introduced to and married her beloved husband, Dietrich, whose parents were from Germany and Austria. Committed to their marriage, and to overcoming and resolving the resentments on the part of their families and former enemy nations, they spent many years researching and giving seminars on "Marriage and Family Enrichment." Her publications include "Stories to Nourish the Heart" (2021), "Stories of My Life" (2019), and "Beloveds, Forever Together" with Dietrich F. Seidel (2017). Her website: www.dietrichfseidel.com.
Jennifer P. Tanabe earned both her Bachelors and Doctoral degrees in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh. She moved to the United States as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development. She currently works as a freelance educational consultant, editor, and writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her publications include "The Ideal Family To Be or Not To Be: A biography of David S.C. Kim" (2010), "Contemplating Unification Thought" (2013), "The Crucial Challenge for International Aid" with Mirek Karasek (2014), "Eternal Life in the Spirit World" with Dietrich F. Seidel (2017), "The Quest to Pass on our Religious Tradition to the Next Generation" with Rollain Nsemi Muanda (2019), "The Cosmic Art of Yuichi Tanabe" (2020), and "Reflections on Unification Theology: Revealing the World of Heart" with Dietrich F. Seidel (2021). She has published a book of short stories, "The Catalpa Tree Fairy and Other Stories" (2016), and continues to work on her first novel. Her website: www.jenniferptanabe.com.

A memoir of Elisabeth Seidel's life, including stories from her childhood in the French Alps, her search for a better life, finding the Unification Church, and meeting her husband with whom she spent forty years on this earth experiencing the true love of God.

These stories of Elisabeth's life include journal entries, reflections, prayers, reports, letters and poems. There is beauty in all her writings. There are also deep insights into God's providence and how the love of God reaches each person here on earth and in the eternal realm.