What more can a man ask for when you have everything that you want. The only thing Ido want is for this not to fall apart again. I know there is something more to this; there is something eating her up inside that she is not willing to share. I want to be there; I want to be the man that makes it better, that takes it all away. I will find out what it is. I will do anything to protect the woman I love. My mom is still fragile even though she puts on a brave face; I can only imagine what seven years of isolation would do to you. I catch her staring into the nothingness now and then still. I don't want to expose her to anything that she is not ready for yet. I don't know what it even is. I am going to protect her from everything I possibly can. Stone ~ “Mom, is it okay if I put

