Four Summers

"Yeah, definitely the best summer for me, too," I answered as I drew her up in my arms for one of her fabulous hugs.

The kids were overjoyed with the news. Once we decided to get married, we didn't want to wait. We ended up with a nice ceremony at the city park gazebo on Labor Day weekend, which allowed out of towners to easily attend. Of course, Zoey was the maid of honor and Luke was my best man. Chris' brother, a district court judge, was our officiant and his daughter was the ring bearer. Chris and I threw a fabulous party at a local restaurant where we requested any gifts be donations to the local women's mental health clinic. We danced and partied for hours before Chris and I left under a hail of bird seed as we ran to our limo. My parents stayed with the kids in our new house for the week Chris and I were gone on our honeymoon.

Neither of us had wanted to stay in our old homes; we wanted to make a new home for the new family, so we moved to a nice house with a big yard in the older part of town. The best part? Our bedroom was on the ground floor on the opposite side of the building from the kids' upstairs bedrooms. And for the last two years we've been keeping our brand-new bed very, very busy.

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Dedicated in memory of J. If you or anyone you know suffers from severe depression with thoughts of suicide, please seek immediate help. Many countries have telephone suicide prevention services and they are there to help. Please use them. Thank you.

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Trionyx - Summer 2021

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