«She marched right up to him and delivered my message, and in doing so, she showed Adrian exactly who we were: a package deal, a team, a family. And Adrian, instead of running away, saw something worth staying for.»
She looked at her husband with love. «Thank you for seeing that Lily wasn’t a complication but a gift. Thank you for loving us both. And thank you for being the kind of man who recognized that the best things in life come in unexpected packages, sometimes delivered by a determined three-year-old who doesn’t follow instructions.»
Sometimes the people who change our lives announce themselves in the most unexpected ways, through the words of children who haven’t learned to hide what matters most.
And sometimes the family we build is even better than the one we imagined, because it’s built on acceptance, love, and the courage to see possibilities where others only see complications.
