Finding My Peace

Dwight knew from the moment he saw Lydia, that he would love her for the rest of his life. He followed the traditional courting routine, got the ring, and planned the proposal. He was hours away from making her his betrothed when his entire world turned upside down with one simple letter from his aunt asking for help. He couldn’t turn his back on family, so he did the only thing he could do: let Lydia go, hoping and praying she would still be unwed when he returned home.

Lydia knew from the moment Dwight held her on the dance floor at the annual fair, she would never love another man. Her feelings only intensified as their courtship progressed. She knew Dwight was going to ask her to marry him soon, and she couldn’t wait to begin her life with him. Then a tragedy takes him away from her just as they were about to become engaged, and she holds out hope for over a year that he will one day return to her.

Dwight and Lydia confront many obstacles and challenges in the course of the following year. Their distance from one another and the circumstances they face only leave them to doubt they will ever be together again, but their love for one another never fades. Life must go on, and both are faced with the difficult decision of whether to continue to live based on past promises or give up on a dream and move forward with a new future.

Do we ever get a second chance at true love? Can circumstances change someone you love to the point that you no longer recognize them? Or are we predestined to find our soulmate no matter the time or distance that is placed between us? Come step back to the post-civil war era to meet Dwight and Lydia, and discover how, even with a broken heart, one can still find their peace.