A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon.

I think of you, I dream of you, I conjure you up when I need you most. This is all I can do, but to me it isn't enough. It will never be enough, this I know; yet what else is there for me to do? If you were here, you would tell me, but I have been cheated of even that. You always knew the proper words to ease the pain I felt. You always knew how to make me feel good inside.

No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town

Then you came along and helped me believe in myself again.

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

We're not the same people we were then. We've changed, we've grown.