All That Really Matters (McKenzie Family Romance #1)

by Nicole Deese

Clara was good people.

“But more often than not, the best rescue plan we can offer someone we care about is our support for each step they take forward.”

“This is just one more step, for someday.” For someday. Two words my mother had used with her kids often. A hope attached to no immediate deadline or pressure. Two words I’d needed often as a boy. And now once again as a grown man.

But in my experience, showing up after a rough day or a hard meeting is worth more than the fanciest words in the universe to these kids. That said, you can do everything right and still be rejected in the end. We don’t get to control how someone else chooses to respond.”

may not know who I was . . . but at least I was starting to understand who I wasn’t.

“I love you, Molly. Not for the promises you intended to keep or for the things your platform could have provided, but for you. For who you are right now.”