We are all tellers of history, at least of our own. We know that we skew our story by what we leave out and what we emphasize. Another person’s telling of the same event can vary greatly from our version. It is with this in mind that I offer my version of Mary, Espoused to Joseph. One Christmas, while attending a Christmas concert, I began to realize that the story we have in Matthew and Luke are a mere skeleton of the total story of the first Christmas. Neither Matthew nor Luke were there leading up to Christ’s birth. They most likely heard the details they relate from Mary after Christ’s death or from others who told what they had heard. By this time, a certain amount of myth could have crept into the story with various people telling and retelling their version of what they had heard. In fleshing out the story, I realized that Mary’s parents would have had to be involved. I portray Mary’s parents as believing that she did in fact see an angel and was told she would be the mother of the Messiah. The marriage customs at the time would have dictated that her father be involved in telling Joseph of Mary’s pregnancy. Most likely, at Joseph’s rejection, it was thought wise to get Mary out of town while her parents figured out what to do. Mary, as a young woman, would not have traveled to Elizabeth’s alone. She would have most likely been escorted by a male family member, probably her father, and they would have traveled in a caravan. Joseph is often portrayed as being considerably older than Mary. As such, his parents may or may not have been involved in the details of the betrothal and Joseph’s reaction when he learns of Mary’s pregnancy. I have chosen to have them involved and to reject Mary’s story as it gives a way to expand on the dangers Mary faced as a young, single pregnant girl. I also have wondered why Mary would have left Elizabeth before John’s birth. The explanation I came up with is that Joseph had his vision of the angel and came for her. We cannot know, of course, the details of what actually happened, but this gives us an opportunity to ponder the challenges Mary and Joseph faced.