I watched Walk the Line over the weekend. My mother and grandmother were both longtime fans of Johnny and June Carter Cash. I grew up hearing about their fairytale marriage. What made it so appealing to me was the reverence with which both my mother and my grandmother spoke. I never quite understood it, as my grandfather died the year before I was born and I never knew my father. I know that in retrospect, the romance of John and June is what appealed to them. They did not have that romance and in a world of hard lives and … Continue reading →