Five years later...

I smile at my phone when I see the picture Terrence's mom texted me moments ago. In it our baby girl, who's not a baby so much anymore, is smiling big. She sits in the middle of a pile of stuffed animals overflowing her bed. All of them are ones her mama designed over the years. The one inspired by our little girl is in her hands. Adalyn holds the stuffed animal up, showing it off in the picture. It's the reason we're here.

I put my arm around my wife's chair, leaning over ...