I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her

I love you now for what we've already shared, and I love you now in anticipation of all that's to come.

A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home

There are no authors in my genre. No one is doing what I do.

I lost you once, I think I can do it again.

Were all first loves like that? Somehow she doubted it; even now it struck her as being more real than anything she'd ever known. Sometimes it saddened her to think that she'd never experience that kind of feeling again, but then life had a way of stamping out that intensity of passion; she'd learned all too well that love wasn't always enough.