Wow...a million things, but the main thing is we were friends first, and saw all the good, bad, and the ugly before we were ever attracted to one another. And honestly we came from different worlds. Some folks are lucky enough to really click, don't get me wrong, we've had some major bad times, but have always managed to get thru them. The last 4 years have been very hard since I became sick, I can't work anymore and that puts a hellofa strain on a marrige, but we keep fighting, because we both know that time is not on our side, and there is precious little of it left for us. He is my best friend, when I can't stand one more minute of fighting this disease, he tells me not to give up. When I can't go through one more test and the fear of being on that operating table is more than I can stand, he gives me the courage I need by telling me, "I'll be here when you come out." So for him, I am strong. And when I have to take 16 pills a day and the side effects cause the most horrible muscle pain you can imagine, he helps me walk down to the beach for one more sunset. I can never repay the gift he has given me, total unselfishness. I am very very lucky, I can think of no other man who would do it that I know of.