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Instead, I reflected on how focusing on one thing for too long seemed to make it lose all meaning. My hea
ctly what was happening at all times. That had been the main reason I had risen so fast in the company. The board of directors had noticed my work ethic, and when a candid
living room. Noah's side of the table was a mess of toys and blocks and crayons. He was trying to build something, b
a job to support Noah. I had been so consumed with being able to provide for him that I'd sacrificed the time spent with him. It was a sad
ad received at her funeral. Still to this day, I could barely remember much about her funeral or the days that followed. What
said. "How has s
ok up from his
draw his concentration away from
oo
t friend's name
ah said, gl
t," I nodded
a girl,
that's right,
es," Noah told me. "Chocolate chip and
sounds
a cook
your treat for tod
sked, looking up at me
t told me you
et to eat, but I suppressed the urge. That was another thing about being a single parent: you could never take a bre
hover if it weren't for my army backgroun
she came to school to speak to us," N
d she speak
eplied. "She's a.
narian,"
odded. "But I can
tell me abou
bining the two words. "
u d
a fighter," he said. "
I corrected gently. "And now...
onfidently. "That's w
more guilt reared its ugly head. "I'm not gone all t
Noah pointed out, turning his
oah shrugged, and I could see from the pout on his lips that he didn't want
u?" I asked, passi
ond I thought he wasn't going to answe
kay?" I
baths and lets me watch televi
treat every other day, and he was allowed half an hour of television on weekdays and one hour on weekends. His bedtime was eight o
k, too," Noah said. "Some day
d short.
y," he repeated. "J
d. "Ah.
"Jaime and Jesse and Luke and Xander. I
d gently. "Do you see that pictu
ah said, glancing behind
not," I s
t remem
ung when...she left us," I
d she l
ly. This was the first time we were having a real conversation about her.
e us, Noah," I said. "Sh
epeated like he
to do something, wheth
ke
trying to figure
im and gave him water, but one day he wasn't moving.
, remembering Noah telling m
-hu
etely unsure if I was saying the right thing. "I'm su
at?" Noah asked, looki
er smiling, but that didn't leave me with very many options. She was wearing her uniform in the picture I had finally chose
d Noah. "She was in the army,
en you
dded. "And the
en Momm
been doing my best the whole time to avoid using that word, thinking i
," I
denly. "Tina has two mommies
aid gently. "It's no
fter that conversation and considered the possibility of hiring a live-in nanny. Perhaps Noah wou
; he spent more time with Janet than he did with me. He didn't have a mothe
I was going to make a difference in Noah's life. My goal had always been to do my utmost to make
buddy?" I asked, forci
d immediately. "Lik
aid. "That's
" he replie
w up. I remembered the first few months after Noah's birth and felt that familiar darkness engulf me. It had been a very difficult ti
rsing Noah. Her hazel eyes were wide with pan
won't it?" she had
I had told he
lp Daphne. She had looked at me to save her, and I had turned my face away. Had I been selfish or ignorant? Had I been too you
d of Noah's voice
, bu
e asked. "Will you he
ets and nodded. "Of course, son
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