if you like the lovable sound of an asthma attack in your ear every time you tell a joke.

I couldn't joke about the person who'd saved me from facing absolute heartbreak at home, who fed my family boxes of sweets, who ran to me worried that i was hurt if I asked for him. A month ago, I had looked at the TV and seen a stiff, distant, boring person-someone I couldn't imagine anyone loving. And while he wasn't anything close to the person I did love, he was worthy of having someone to love in his life.

I love you, America Singer. As long as I live, I'll love you." There was some deep emotion in his voice, and it caught me off guard. "I love you, Aspen. You'll always be my prince.

There are some things you don't learn about yourself until you let someone else into the most intimate places of your heart.

How did thie person-someone I'd imagined would be my polar opposite-always seem to find the things that would make me the happiest?

It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.

But you should know the love can wear away under the stress of being married. Someone you think you love now, you might start to hate when he couldn't take care of your children, it'd be even worse. Love doesn't always survive under those circumstances.