Life, I've learned, is never fair. If they teach anything in schools, that should be it.

Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?

And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.

You were honest and hardworking and kind. You were polite and patient and more mature than any guy I’d dated before. And when we were together, you listened in a way that made me feel like I was the only woman in the world. You made me feel complete and spending time with you just seemed right.

I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again.

There was no pretention here, no hidden meanings in the phrases they spoke, no elaborate plans designed to impress the other. Though it had always been easy to spend time with Mike, she suddenly realized that in the whirlwind of the past couple of weeks, she'd almost forgot how much she enjoyed it.

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.