She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.

She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human.

That's how I always want to remember my time with you. Like a pure white light, breathtaking to behold.

Good and bad, strengths and faults, he was hers forever.

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

if you put your trust in God, you’ll be all right in the end.

He always apologized, and sometimes he would even cry because of the bruises he'd made on her arms or legs or her back. He would say that he hated what he'd done, but in the next breath tell her she'd deserved it. That if she'd been more careful, it wouldn't have happened. That if she'd been paying attention or hadn't been so stupid, he wouldn't have lost his temper.