“I would rather be a cripple and have your love for all of a single moment than to live as I am without ever having it.”

“Holding his daughter close with one arm, he pointed toward the distant horizon. “As far as you can see—it all belongs to you, Faith. Someday, I’ll take you to the top of a windmill and teach you to dream. When you reach for some of those dreams, you might fall…but your mother and I will be there to catch you because that’s what love means: always being there. I love you, little girl.” He pressed a kiss to his daughter’s cheek. “So much…it hurts. But I reckon that’s part of love, too.”-Dallas”

“Life is a journey, Frannie darling,” Feagan had once told me. “Choose well those with whom you travel.”As always, I’ve followed Feagan’s counsel.”