40 Year Old Love Story Inspires Journal Cover

by Michael Wilkes November 02, 2019

Some forty years ago, on top of Lookout Mountain, TN, I met the sweetest girl at Covenant College.

Smitten, I was.
Wrote her a love note, I did.

Lacking every art skill, I somehow forced a pen to wander around the page and create this:

In 2019, four decades later, said girl dug this out of a scrap book.

"I'd love it if you made a cover like this," she said.

"As you wish," I replied.

Ruth and I hope you enjoy the new heart journal.

Michael Wilkes

Michael spent way too many years behind a software desk before launching his first physical product. If he is not building something, or preparing to, or cajoling someone else into starting their own business, you'll find him craving Twizzlers and a movie with Ruth or sneaking M&M's at a grandchild's event.

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