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We had already chosen nairl was Surown to know and love each other and it was the season we both loved theoff quoted Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and recited "But thy eternal summer shall not fade,"

"She will always be summer to us, warm and full of life," he predicted when I held her for the first time in my arms

"I hope I can be a fullaloud now that she was born and actually breathing and sleeping against my breast

"Of course you will Rain Who else knows more about how important that is than you?"

"That's why I worry," I said, rocking her gently

"That's why you won't fail her," he insisted

My wonderful, optihts, stood beside ether as a family

It wasn't until the spring of the following year that I was to hear from Roy He had been in an army prison all that time and was too ashamed to let me know When I spoke to him on the phone I had no idea how close he was,

"I wanted to see if you hatedyou before this" he admitted

"Roy, I could never hate you, but you shouldn't have kepthow you were"

"I's,'"

"Where are you?"

He hesitated and then said "About ten minutes away"

"You're not! You're here! Oh Roy, I can't wait to see you Hurry," I cried "We have tons and tons of stuff to catch up on"

He laughed and hung up