Doesn't surprise me," Nana snorted. "I wouldn't put anything past your late husband." "He's not dead, Nana." Nana sighed. "Hope springs eternal.

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.

Spending time with you just feels...right,somehow. Easy, like the way it's supposed to be. Like it is with my parents. They're just comfortable together, and I remember growing up thinking that one day I wanted to have that, too.

Life, he decided, was for living, not for having, and he wanted to experience every moment that he could.

You're probably the most boring teenager in the world.

Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen.