At least he's alive and well. I love him enough that I want that. I want him to have what's best for him." She sighed. "I just don't want to stick around to watch.

Life and love would go on. Even though it would happen without me, the idea brought me joy.

If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it?

Uncle Jeb," we croaked in surprise. "You found us." "Well, now," he said, and his gruff voice brought back a hundred memories. "Well, now, here's a pickle.

Trust Emmett to find the joke in the destruction of my life.

I was thinking, while I was running..." He paused. "About not hitting the trees, I hope.

Don't be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it.