id B. Bowman, her companion of 62 years, is presented as a tribute to Maria Dianne Bowman. Surely, too, it is an expression of the love shared and a cry in the night that she is no longer alongside.

Through the years family and friends came to know her through one or another window. These pages open various apertures on her life and activity, and will offer new vistas for nearly every reader.

May these brief chapters and a dozen photographs enable family, friends and others to further recognize Dianne's continuing presence and deepen appreciation for the faith in God and love toward others she embodied and expressed throughout her life.

David Bowman is the author of two autobiographical books: Saints Along the Way: Women and Men Who Have Influenced Me (Bookstand Publishing, 2015), and Parish, the Thought: A Memoir in Ministry (Wipf and Stock, 2018). He also wrote a study in theology and literature: Faith Rising - Between the Lines: Intimations of Faith Embedded in Modern Fiction (Wipf and Stock, 2021). He holds a Ph.D. from Glasgow University, Scotland. With Dianne at his side, he devoted his adult life to parish ministry.