I Made You My First (38 page)

“You’re just as beautiful to me now as the day I first set eyes on you,” and he wiped his finger across my cheek. “Come to bed with me and I’ll play you any song you want.” I stared into his eyes.

“Any song?” and he nodded. “Naked?” and now he laughed.

“Absolutely,” and I stood
, holding his hand and following him to our room.

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On June 8th, we were overjoyed and overwhelmed to become parents again. The babies were born, at thirty-eight weeks gestation, by cesarean section. All three were beautiful and healthy. Jypsy Ciara weighed 4.14 pounds, Jayden Bryce weighed five, and Jaxon Memphis was 5.6 pounds. They required no incubation and were all strong as any single-birth baby.

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Today I’m celebrating my fiftieth birthday and my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. I’m still madly in love with my husband and best friend. I’m not sure if it was angels that brought Irish and me together, but I have my own theories. I hadn’t picked him; he had chosen me, but I had been naïve enough to trust him. If I’d stopped to think everything through as some might have, I probably wouldn’t be enjoying this wonderful relationship today. Sometimes life calls for innocence. At times life is fair. When we stop and make ourselves justify our inner feelings, we end up in trouble. My father was a mason and my mother worked in an elementary school cafeteria. They didn’t fly around in private planes or have limousines drive them; however, they did know a lot about love and life. They knew enough to teach me to grab the brass ring when I saw it.

Some people might feel I’ve made poor decisions and they have every right to judge me.

That’s okay with me. I’ve chosen to live by a quote my mother instilled in me when the situation called for it. “Don’t judge a person till you’ve walked a mile in their moccasins” and although it was a Native American saying and not hers, I feel blessed that she had the insight to teach me the importance of these words. My four children have heard me say it many times. Yes, from the outside looking in, some might say I’ve been reckless and just plain lucky. To them I’d have to say I agree. I took a great many gambles but I succeeded in winning the lottery. Every day I see a twinkle in our children’s eyes, and it reminds me how lucky I really am. My life is better than I could ever have dreamed it. I dare anyone to be so happy.

Look for the second book in this series:

            “The First Child,” 

               
Coming soon.