That's the funny thing about marriage, you fall in love with this extraordinary person, and over time they begin to seem ordinary. There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange, mixed affair we call life. when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke. Though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns. And more than suspects that the joke is nobody's expense but his own. She was always doing crazy stuff like this going out of her way to take care of us.I coughed on the phone once and she overnighted me soup. When I wanted to learn how to ski, she knit me a sweater.When I wanted to be a marine biologist, she knit me a sweater with a whale on it. This is a lighter. It belonged to my favorite actor, Paul Newman. One day, he came into the restaurant where I was waitressing and accidentally left it behind.For the first time in my life, I did something I wasn't supposed to and slipped it into my pocket.One of the customers saw and said, "don't worry, your secret's safe with me."That customer turned out to be the love of my life, your grandfather.So my Alex, who I love so dearly, who's probably too much like me for her own good. Every once in a while, don't be afraid to break the rules.You never know what can happen.

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