Preface (to Book I.)

Juliana Harvard had been married for nineteen years. She was the “perfect” military wife, mother of two model teenage children, and respected leader of her church youth group. From her home computer, she edited a national newsletter for homeschoolers and authored professional articles on parenting. As an accomplished pianist, she composed and published music for children.

Why, then, the restlessness, the gnawing feelings of emptiness, and unspoken panic at the thoughts of growing old alone with her Air Force Captain husband who was soon to return from his last career assignment overseas before his retirement? Why the sudden powerful pull toward a best friend relationship with a woman she hadn’t really even liked at first but now found irresistibly fascinating?

Journey with Juliana as her secure life unfolds unexpectedly, as a tight cocoon unravels to expose the fragility of broken wings, of a struggle towards metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly instead of an ugly moth, and her soaring flight into an uncertain new life.