Total pages in book: 8
Estimated words: 7167 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 36(@200wpm)___ 29(@250wpm)___ 24(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 7167 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 36(@200wpm)___ 29(@250wpm)___ 24(@300wpm)
“Good morning, daddy,” our youngest, Korrine, asks, bouncing into the room. She’s six and our only daughter. “Happy birthday.”
“Good morning, and thank you sweetness.”
“I got you a present, but mama said I couldn’t give it to you until later at your party,” she says.
“Party? What party?”
“It’s a surprise,” she whispers. She’s my little co-conspirator.
“So I’ll act surprised.”
“Mama has been planning this for a while.”
“Okay, our little secret.”
“Oh, good. Mama would be so mad.”
“Well, we wouldn’t want that, now would we?”
“Nuh-uh,” she says shaking her head.
“Are you the distraction?”
“I don’t know what that is but I am supposed to keep you in here for a while.”
“Ah, gotcha.”
“Can we go get ice cream and go to the park?”
“Sure,” I say, grabbing my keys.
“Yay!” she exclaims.
Later that night, the kids are in bed and the guests are gone, Hilda and I are taking a shower together.
“Thank you for today,” I tell her.
“You’re welcome. Did you have fun?”
“I did.”
“I finished my book.”
“That’s great?”
“I’m ready to read it to you now. There's a few things I need to check for logistics.”
“Logistics?”
“Oh, you’ll see,” she says, winking at me.
Every day with her is better than the last. She is everything I didn’t know I needed. I thank God every day my office is the one she walked into.
I’d hate to think what my life would be like if she hadn’t.