From The Collection JoAnn: A Tribute Dedication to All Who Hope and Dream, Have Lived and Felt the Loss and Fully Appreciate, and, the Many Who May Want to Believe in Love is a composition created from anecdotes written from remembered moments with JoAnn. In looking back, the author finds that they seem to express a very real sense of happiness that could be described as a fulfillment of whimsical dreams and long held desires and hopes. By her demeanor, it seems to the author, that from the moment in time when they began their enriching relationship, JoAnn began her personal experience of participation in a life of, "Happiness-Ever-After". At least, so it seems to the author. From a more important view, what will the reader see and feel? About the Author The author, Ray Helstrom, views himself as just another American who has lived most of his life in the 20th century. He attributes his long and fortuitous life to the rigors of a childhood on the iron range of Northern Minnesota, his World War II teen years in a bay area Navy base town in Northern California, his vital service and college youth years, as well as his family-rearing and marketing/merchandising career years in Southern California. His blessed adventure years with JoAnn and now profound reminiscing years have been well-spent in the Rocket City in Northern Alabama.