A Walk To Remember

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes

You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”

she covered my eyes and said a prayer asking for forgiveness for the poor ignorant bastard

I can no more give Jamie away than I can give away my heart. But what I can do is to let another share in the joy that she has always given me. May God’s blessings be with you both.”

my father standing beside me as the best man

promises to help him find the gift for his daughter.

I still love her, you see, and I’ve never removed my ring. In all these years I’ve never felt the desire to do so.

In front of God and everyone else, I’d promised my love and devotion, in sickness and in health, and I’d never felt so good about anything.

I was in love with her, so deeply in love that I didn’t care if she was sick. I didn’t care that we wouldn’t have long together.

None of those things mattered to me. All I cared about was doing something that my heart had told me was the right thing to do. In my mind it was the first time God had ever spoken directly to me, and I knew with certainty that I wasn’t going to disobey.