​​Author of The St. Augustine Affair, David M. Gehlhausen Is a Freelance Writer Living in Orlando, Florida.  He Has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from Indiana University, and Majored in Creative Writing and Playwriting in Graduate School. He Taught English at Stetson University in Celebration, Florida.  He Holds an Airline Transport Pilot Rating with 6,000-Hours of Flight Experience Including Charter, Flight Instruction, and Commuter Airline Service into Chicago O'Hare.  He Traveled the United States Developing Training Programs and Technical Manuals for Corporations including Phillips Petroleum and Beatrice Corporation as Owner of Gehlhausen & Associates and Quality House Publications. He Has 20-Years of Award Winning Sales & Management Experience Including Real Estate; Prudential Life Insurance & Investments; Cessna Aircraft; GM Vehicles; and Marriott, Wyndham, and Westgate Vacation Ownership ...  

He Is Roman Catholic.  MAGA Republican. And the Survivor of Two Loving, Yet Heart Breaking Marriages, Blessed by Two Gallant Sons:  Sean and Damian.  Although He Had Played Seasonal Sports in Youth--It Wasn't Until He Coached His Sons to Repeat Baseball Championships that He Discovered the Value of True Character ...  

Despite His Developing Biography, an Ineffable Longing for Family--Compounded by the Tragic Death of His Parents through Dementia and Alzheimer's--Gave Him Pause.  And He Questioned Life's Meaning ...  

It Was on an Autumn Morning when Angel Victoria Appeared in the Forward Seat of His Tandem Glider while Soaring Indiana's Fall Pallet and Inspired Him to Navigate through Towering Cumulus into the Radiance of a Quantum Blue Sunrise that He Was Emboldened to Undertake a New Quest ...

He Ventured 25-Breath Taking SkyDives into the Plush Emerald Fields of America's Heartland. He Skied Vail's Holiday Slopes into Its Village of Crystal Ornament SnowFall at Christmas Dusk.  Became Firearms Proficient for Concealed Carry.  Skied the Ohio River's Periwinkle Bends Lined in Aged Sycamore and Oak. Played Competitive Tennis. And Accepted the Distance Challenge of Arnold Palmer's Legends Golf.  He Marveled at Disney World's Magic Kingdom Fireworks above Cinderella's Castle with Childhood Delight. Bid Godspeed to United States Dreams Launched with Relativity and 5-Million-Pounds of Star Nova Thrust Billowing Orange Contrails from NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the Moon. Snorkeled with Yellow-Clear Schools of Blue Tang Fish in the Crystal Playground of St. John Sapphire Bay with Laughter of Heart. Found Spiritual Peace in Solitary Swims from the Atlantic's Golden Sands at Cocoa Beach, Porpoising through Summer Waves that Rolled from Purple to Green to Blue. And Was Star Struck by The Gulf of America's Scarlet Sunsets Fusing Panoramic Crimson Skies into Blood Red Horizons of Cobalt Sea ... 

But It Wasn't Until One Indigo Dawn While Kneeling Before the Altar of Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine, with Victoria by His Side that He Received the Answer to His Question of Life's Purpose.  As the Sun Rose Nuclear through the Basilica's Rosetta Window with Pipe Organ and Choir Resounding the Glorious Praise of Handel's Easter Messiah ...

HE EXPERIENCED THE MIRACLE OF THE RISEN CHRIST ... AND WAS HOME!

Thanking God for The Trinity's Divine Merciful Justice Incarnate within Jesus, He Celebrated Christ's Gift of The Holy Spirit's Love Among People of Good Will with Grace Tested on Victoria's Wings of Faith!

                                                  

                                                 Personal Mantra'

                                "Live Romantically and Adventurously...

                                          Create the Magic Forever!"

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