“I love you.” She sighs.
“More than anything.” I say in return.
I would love to stay and celebrate in our own little bubble, but it isn’t just me and Jill anymore. Sadie is starting to howl because she wants her mom.
“Oh, I’m coming, baby.” Jill flies away from me. “I got you, sweetheart…”
But I want to be with Sadie too, so with a chuckle I join them both and hug them close to me. My wife and my daughter… something that I never thought would happen. I don’t know what I did to get so lucky, but I’m so freaking happy about it.
Around us, the wedding turns in to a party, and I glance around at all of the people who came to celebrate with us.
There are some very important people that can only be here in spirit, and we made sure to include their memory in parts of our reception with photos. We don’t concentrate on the sadness that brings, but rather the foundation that our lives started with, and have continued to build on with our other friends, family and coworkers. We are so lucky that life brought us back to each other. And I can’t wait to see what our next chapter holds…