it.”
“You tricked me.”
“Absolutely.”
I couldn’t stop laughing.
Neither could she.
For several minutes we sat there laughing like children.
Then silence settled over the lake.
Peaceful.
Comfortable.
The kind of silence that only exists between people who truly love each other.
I looked at her.
The woman who entered my life after unimaginable loss.
The woman who chose me every day.
The woman who spent years protecting me even when I didn’t realize it.
And suddenly I understood something.
Family isn’t always the people who give you life.
