Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

When I got up again, I'd shed the only part of me that had ever thought I'd find words for even the smallest bit of life.

These things were lost to oblivion like so much about so many who are born and die without anyone ever taking the time to write it all down.

Even after the only person whose opinion I cared about left on a boat for America, I continued to fill pages with her name.

I love being married, I do. It's so great to find that one special person that you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

We've been together now for forty years, An' it don't seem a day too much, There ain't a lady livin' in the land As I'd 'swop' for my dear old Dutch.

In our darkest hour, in my deepest despair Will you still care? Will you be there? In my trials and my tribulations Through our doubts and frustrations In my v…