From the team that brought you The Lesson, author Carol Lynn Pearson and illustrator Kathleen Peterson present this life-long love story. Its a story of touch--thousands of touches over a lifetime commitment to be together forever. This fable is for any couple that has faced the rigorous day-to-day challenges of family life--magic-marker flowers on the new wallpaper, the sounds of earrings going bye-bye down the toilet, squeezing nickels until they screamed--and faced them hand in hand. Its about seeing each other through the tough times as well as the fun times with constancy and humor. Its about the unfathomable depth of love.