it’s the sight on the couch that has me stopping in my tracks. Hayden’s asleep on his back with Isabela curled into his side. Her head rests on his shoulder, and her elephant is tucked close under her chin. There’s a blanket over the two of them, and Ryan is fast asleep at the other end, his head tilting back against the cushions with his legs stretched out next to Hayden’s. Something swells in my chest at the sight of them. My kids are my everything. They are my entire world. And once upon a time, so was Hayden. Seeing him with them and how they must have been so comfortable with him to fall
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