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“And how do you feel about that?”
“There are other ways of making a family. I love him, and I know I can’t say how I’ll feel ten years from now about having a child of my own, but what I do know is I want to figure it out with him. I think it’s more important for us to remember that just because he can’t father the child, it doesn’t mean we can’t a family. There are so many options nowadays and there are plenty of kids in need of a home. Lenny’s proof of that.”
Mom smiles at the mention of Lenny. She absolutely adores her, as we all do. “Yes, she is. Blood doesn’t make you family, bonds do.”
She’s absolutely right on that. Friends are family too.
When you think about it, our presence in the world is tiny compared to the reality of it. It’s our presence in the lives of others’ that makes the world what it is. Every word we say, every gesture we make, every detail connects you to the presence you make whether you know it or not.
When bad things happen, there’s nothing you can do to change them or the circumstances you find yourself in.
I think it’s about telling yourself no matter what, you’re going to be okay. You can prepare, sure, but there’s some things in life you can’t prepare for, or how you’ll feel when it happens.
