Paul Meinhardt writes about his wife of forty-one years who survived a tank attack, but succumbed to cancer in 2000. Now remarried, Paul researches the 21st century family, and the role of the family in the American economy. Always a political progressive and supporter of women's rights, Paul and Lela agreed to an open marriage during the time she traveled in Afghanistan. Paul's credentials reach almost to a Ph.D. and span many years of research and training in corporate America.