You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever

When you know that someone close to you is going to die, there's a natural tendency to want to spend as much time with them as you can.

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

The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.

I wouldn't go that far. But I know my way around the kitchen. I make dinner every night.

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.