“Every single one.”
She threw her arms around me.
Then I took her hand and walked back down the aisle. Anatomy
An hour later, we sat in our favorite ice-cream shop.
I was still wearing my wedding dress.
Emma accidentally dropped chocolate ice cream onto the white satin and immediately panicked.
“I’m sorry!”
I looked at the stain and laughed.
“Perfect.”
She blinked.
“Really?”
“Now this dress finally belongs to a day we’ll remember for the right reason.”
Our matching bracelets clicked together across the table.
Emma smiled.
“So it’s still Mom and Me?”
I kissed her forehead.
“It will always be Mom and Me. And if someone wonderful joins our lives someday, they will never make either of us feel smaller just to make room for themselves.”
Emma hugged Bunny.
Outside, children laughed in the nearby park.
Inside, my wedding dress was covered with chocolate instead of wedding memories. Weddings
And for the first time that day, I knew with complete certainty that I had chosen the right future for both of us.
