I Want a Love like Johnny and June {Heart to Hearts}

If anyone was to ever ask me who I'd like to meet - dead or alive- I'd know my answer right away. I've been intrigued by Johnny and June Carter Cash since high school. I did my term paper on them, and I remember I couldn't put down the books. I wanted to read every biography that had ever been published  because their life is an incredible, real life love story. "Walk the Line" only illustrated a small layer of the trials and tribulations that were thrown at them. They experienced an immense amount of pain and heart break throughout their lives, but they were able to conquer it all together. What stuck out most to me was reading the way Johnny spoke about June in his autobiography.

"What June did for me was post signs along the way, lift me up when I was weak, encourage me when I was discouraged, and love me when I felt alone and unlovable. She's the greatest woman I have ever known. Nobody else, except my mother, comes close." -Cash: The Autobiography 

 -Cash on unconditional love: "You hear that phrase a lot, but it's real with me and her. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once," he said. "She's always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times. When it gets dark, and everybody's gone home and the lights are turned off, it's just me and her." 

This is so incredibly inspiring to me. June loved him so deeply and stood by him so firmly that she was able to get him through his darkest moments. She died of complications from heart surgery with Johnny holding her hand... and he died four months later.

If anyone ever doubts the power of true love... just open up a Johnny Cash biography.