Starting Over

she got downstairs. The two coolers they ha

rink. There were only drinks in the first cooler so she closed the to

ch or would you prefer me to heat y

ys cooked homemade meals for her children daily when they were growing u

at since Serenity had met him. Not that he was completely picky about foods, but he

e list of foods they had brought with them in the cooler and the food in the 2 boxes of dry goods. "We have blocks of cheese, meat st

okay. What do we have to e

uit I brought for myself. We have grapes, ba

atermelon and a few chip

und the bag of chips and was munching on them as she made the sandwiches. By the time Serenity had the sandwiches made and they sat

bed for them to sleep on. By the time Serenity finished her food and got into the bedroom,

ted to instruct Kristoff on how to get the sheet on one corner without the opposit

t and climbed into the bed and pulled the blanket up to his shoulders. Serenity finished, turned off the light and

dy, but it wasn't there. She laid there awake and wondered, 'Why did he ignore me and not return the sentiment?' He knew that

lose nothing to either reassure your partner that you love them. No matter if you had the best day ever or the worst day ever. Tha

ends. Taking her to different places so she could see new things... A lake that frequented as a child, the house he lived in when he became and adult and moved out on his own, small towns that she had never been to. It made her feel very special and important to her that he was sharing all of these things. But she soon notic

his friends when the planned time came. Instead, Serenity would be sitting, waiting to hear from Kristoff. Kristoff would tell her it

m. She also had lived through a childhood that may have further developed the strength of her person. She had normal, happy childhood memories such as time spent with her best friend Margie who lived around the corner and spending weekends at her grandmas house, making Christmas candy with her mom. But she also had a number of memories that would

blueberries and whatever else was in season. And they both liked to recreate the practices they had grown up with of canning vegetables and making jams. Serenity was a natural care taker, and although she still had two children in high school and he had none, she easily was able to keep everyone taken care of. Though he had lived more of a wild and fre

nique from others. She had never met a man in her life that enjoyed the same boring things as she did. But she was solid in her beliefs in how life sh

he didn't think they were that far fetched. Coming home when you say you are, letting your partner know where you were going when you took off and approximately when you would return, not having friends of the opposite sex constantly at your home while the other was a

s every day to a high stress job with her commute. She would come home exhausted and still put in the effort to keep both households in order and keep them all fed and taken care of. Kristoff failed to notice her exhaustion and how hard she tried to keep up with everything. Occasionally he would become irritated with her coming home 'angry' and would ending up saying some

Kristoff couldn't see her in his life long term. Many arguments were caused by Serenity trying to address which direction they would go with the future. Eventually Serenity started working towards her own dreams and could only hope that Kristoff would agree as they came about. This new house was one of those things that Serenity had planned on her own and Serenity had doubts that Kristoff really wanted it. She

rs later, Serenity finally dozed off while wondering if buying this home had been the correc