After all, she was my obvious solution. The answer that had been there all along, right under my nose. And a part of me often wished I could have told my younger self that one day, the answer would come easy. That a single addition in my life would somehow turn everything around.
Make everything right. And every day good.
But if there was anything my wife had taught me, it was how to get strong from the fight, so as I sat in my living room holding her, gazing down at my son, I quietly celebrated her love and wisdom like I did a thousand times a day without her knowing.
The road to this moment had indeed been long.
But the prize couldn’t be more worth it.
The End