I'm not trying to rescue her. She can rescue herself. I just want to give her a reason to try.

You don't have to be better, or healed, or over your husband. You just have to be here. That's all I'm asking for. I'm not asking for forever. I'm just asking you to be here, now, with me.

There is no fix for this. She has to endure it, and somewhere along the line she has to learn to live again. Surviving isn't the goal. Living is. This is a battle between me and her grief, and I'm going to be the last man standing.

How can you even think about being awake in the world, let alone caring about someone?""Because they may be gone, but I'm not. I honor their memories by living, not by becoming the walking dead.