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I had a big, loving family

I had always been good with that

But it wasn't until the days following bringing Romy into my house that I realized that was all it was

Contentedness

Because what I had following those days was much more

It was happiness

So that didn't come with a nice house or a full bank account or even a job you were passionate about

It ca different, less material

I didn't recognize it at first

It was a series of ss that didn't exactly match up

Like the fact that I was happy to go hoet a little sleep before getting back to work

Or that everyin bed instead of up early and taking a run, breaking a decade-long tradition

Like the fact that when I was at work, I was thinking about hoht watch on TV, what I ht learn about her that day

But as I was , Romy still fast asleep in bed—since I'd woken her up around three aaso back to sleep—that it all started to fall together for er picture that I hadn't seen before

I was