As a young teen, I never thought I’d be writing my own “love story” one day. You know the one that Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw portrayed so many years ago.

I was barely thirteen when I first saw that movie. It was magical sitting in that darkened theater watching a great love bloom. Then mere moments later, I found myself perched anxiously on the edge of the seat as the story unfolded, and the characters fell apart when they found out her diagnosis was terminal.  […]