He cried at their wedding. He's the type of man who feels like men need to be strong all the time, but he cried at their wedding. He'd been through terrible things in his life. His brother died when he was young, after spending a long time in a coma. His mother died after that, when he was a teenager. His father had never really been in the picture... so his aunt took him in. His aunt's husband mistreated him and greedily tried to take his mother and brother's insurance money for himself. He liked my mom and dad, who were like a second aunt and uncle to him, because they didn't try to take his money. He stayed with us for a while. I was young enough not to truly realize what he was going through. I just thought it was awesome that he got to stay with us. After all that hardship, he found the woman that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. He was so happy and grateful that he cried at his wedding. He asked me to be one of his maids of honor. I saw his tears
In a land that is far up north Where the land is continuously showered by the snow And is encased by the merciless darkness of the night A lone traveler makes his way through the snow He hugs his coat tightly as he searches with an uneasy look To his relief, he comes across a wooden cabin With lights pouring out from its windows Quickly the traveler bangs on the door and shouts "Good sir, good sir, are you in there?" As he stands back, he hears footsteps walking toward the door Opening the door is a man with gray hair and wearing an oversized wool coat The wrinkled old man stares at the traveler Suggesting that he already knows why he has come to him The old man asks, "Do you need safe passage through the forest?" When the traveler knobs, the old man then grabs his unlit torch Once he lights it, he says to the traveler, "Follow me and do not stray." The two then walk away from the cabin and then enter the forest next to it Above them are the barren
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