Hardships drive some people apart. Others, like us, grow even closer.

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

The memories of the day played in his mind, but this time, his thoughts were of his daughter and the way she'd clung to Katie, her little face buried in Katie's neck. The last time he'd seen that, he reflected, was when Carly had been alive.

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others.

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.

It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen

Savannah sometimes sounded a lot like the little voice that had taken up residence in my head but never bothered paying rent, and right now it whispered that if I felt guilty, maybe I was doing something wrong.