
"The steps of life are but one small walk of experience for mankind. How blessed a man and woman are if they can travel the journey from youth to death with the same partner by their side. How rare it must be to know that your first love was so enduring that it was also your last. It makes the final sleep side-by-side so normal as the matrimonial bed moves from above to beneath the ground. " William Forde: November 13th,2013.