C. W. Klein

PhotoCredit: Christopher Klein | Model: Laura Klein

A long time ago, I met someone. When I met her, I was a terrible person. I was a liar and a thief, a womanizer and a coward. I cared about little other than myself. I hurt people, emotionally, and did not give it a second thought. She told me something that one of her college professors had given to her as a morsel of knowledge. And this nibble of thought, brought about change, in me. Her professor had told her that you can make a CHOICE or a DECISION. A choice is a positive action based on circumstance and a decision is a path that you walk, usually when you have few options, and you take the lesser of the evils that you face. When she told me this, I laughed, and it would be close to 15 years before I understood exactly what this meant. I continued to make decisions, usually bad ones, and then something amazing happened. She stood by me. She rarely judged, and never spoke harshly, though lesser women probably would have. And then, I made a choice.. and my life was forever changed.

This woman became my wife and stands by me today as she has all along. The difference, is that now, unlike then, I am worthy of her.