June 27th is our wedding anniversary. My late husband Dr. Robert
Muller, the former United Nations Assistant Secretarv General,
passed away over two years ago. We fell in love in S~nta Barbara
at a La Casa de Maria Invitational. It was a miracle we met. It must
have been our destiny because Robert was Chancellor for the UniverSity
for Peace in Costa Rica and I lived in Santa Barbara. The decision
to get married was a big one for us. To the right are the words I wrote
for our wedding. As his caregiver during his last years these words
were my inspiration.
Chases Annual Events has marked June 27 as Decide to Be
Married Day, a day to reflect on both the decision for marriage and
how the union of two really is a life-time commitment. Hug your I
partner today. What a gift to share your life with another.
I carryon Robert’s work, speaking, writing, and as President of the
UNA-USA, Tri county chapter. Sharing our 7500 Ideas for a Better
World in a daily email at www.goodmomingworld.org continues to
bring our ideas to the world.
I send my love to each of you. Thank you for your wonderful
emails and I hope my poem is a comfort to those who are now caregivers
for their loved ones. I thank dear Estelle Foster and Ben
Lizardi for the beauty and inspiration they bring to Robert’s and my
work in The Caregiver’s Comer in every issue of Going Organic
Magazine. And I quote from my poem “to express your joyful oneness
to every person you meet, and in every action you take” also
describes them perfectly.

Decide To Be Married

Decide to be married
To become aile heart, one body,
one mind and one soul
To share your joy
To live life as an art
And to make every moment precious
Whether together or apart
Remember as a couple
You are now more than one
To create harmony and perfect love
that will last through etemity
even after this life is done
Remember also there is a power
In this union of two
to protect this planet
And humanity too
As a couple you can do it
It’s in the deciding
To be united in love
To express your joyful oneness
To every person you meet, and
In every action you take
And together a pelfect marriage you’ll make.

Barbara Gaughen-Muller