Out of all the people I have met in my life and all of the ones I have loved, none of them can compare to how much they’ve impacted me as much as Sam has. I love her more than any words can express and I want to spend every single breath with her...every single one.

A few months ago, Sammie had gotten news that her mother would probably not live past October. The news hit her like an earthquake. That night, she had cried for hours on my shoulders. She would be nineteen and without a...