I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.

Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?

So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.

Where do I go from here?

He was a wonderful man. And when a man is that special, you know it sooner than you think possible. You recognize it instinctively, and you're certain that no matter what happens, there will never be another one like him.

I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.

While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in my character's lives, is probably a good thing!