\u201cAfter spending nearly every waking minute with Angel for eight straight days, I knew that I had to tell her just one thing. So late at night, just before she fell asleep, I whispered it in her ear. She smiled \u2013 the kind of smile that makes me smile back \u2013and she said, \u2018When I\u2019m seventy-five and I think about my life and what it was like to be young, I hope that I can remember this very moment.\u2019<\/p>\n
A few seconds later she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The room was peaceful \u2013 almost silent. All I could hear was the soft purr of her breathing. I stayed awake thinking about the time we\u2019d spent together and all the choices in our lives that made this moment possible. And at some point, I realized that it didn\u2019t matter what we\u2019d done or where we\u2019d gone. Nor did the future hold any significance.<\/p>\n
All that mattered was the serenity of the moment.<\/p>\n
Just being with her and breathing with her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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