It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.

If Alex has chosen you, then I want you to believe that I have chosen you as well.

Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?

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

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.

Not everything," he said. "Not the important things. My kids are safe. You're safe. That's all I really care about. This" - he said motioning - "is just stuff. Most of it can be replaced. It just takes time.

Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.