The story of Johnny Cash and June Carter is quite romantic.

I mean here was a man that met this woman and loved her desperately. He wouldn't give up on her. He even died just a few months after she did. He proposed to her on stage in front of an audience, despite the fact that she had turned him down before. He was truly, deeply, madly in love with her.

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

-- Johnny Cash, from Cash the Autobiography, 1997

I would imagine the death of his brother followed him all through his life. You could tell he really loved his brother and they had a special relationship. Then for his father to say the things he did was terrible.

After they were married, it would seem they lived pretty blissfully. If we should all be so lucky.