I woke an hour later to find her awake, but still snuggled in my arms. She stroked her fingers up and down my forearm, and I saw the smile on her lips, one of satisfaction, and contentment. I pulled the knitted blanket off the end of my the sofa, and tugged it over us. It was late afternoon, but I could have stayed like this forever. Skin to skin, and blissfully comfortable together I thought back to before the kids were born. Caroline and I had never had this, we'd never just existed, side by side, happy enough just to feel the closeness. If I believed everything happened for a reason, like I always believed in the past, like Sydney vigorously believed, then maybe everything tied together just the way it should.
Maybe I had to hit rock bottom to really appreciate what I had. To change di
