This second part of my life story begins with the early years of our marriage when we were young and poor with three children under three in a November Watford. Our lives were miraculously, suddenly transformed in the warmth of the Middle East. We flourished in the climate, the company of friendly hospitable people and a world of adventure and were ourselves transformed, or perhaps became more fully ourselves. We spent a total of six years in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, an incredible opportunity which gave us so many life-changing experiences.