"S'all anyone can ask." She says, gently. "Marriage is hard, always has been. Weren't easy with my husbands, neither. Love is only part of the equation... the rest, you gotta figure out yourself." And it won't be easy, she knows, but they're young. They'll be fine.

"And don't think you gotta do all the work. That boy gotta do it too. He probably gotta do more, cuz he gets in that head o' his and he gotta be dragged out." She squeezes Kitty against her side. "Can't do that now."