She pulled back to look him in the eyes. "Me too, Sam. I don't regret a moment, not for myself. Knowing you was worth a hundred-year wait. But you...you have to go on living. Promise me you'll try to find someone. A kind woman who can make you laugh again, who can share your life, maybe give you a family to fill this old, lonely house."

"I can't promise that." He wiped the tears from her cheek with his thumb. "After you - I don't know that any other woman would ever measure ...