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of them makes me wonder what my life would have been like if I had two parents that were together as Caleb and I now are.
    Willow is such a happy child, always laughing and joking around, I can’t ever remember being that happy as a child. I couldn’t understand why I didn’t have a mommy and daddy that lived in the same home, especially after seeing all the parents collecting the other kids from kindergarten. I suppose at five years old, details were irrelevant and when Daddy explained to me that I was special and had two mommies’ it didn’t have the effect he was hoping for. I couldn’t understand what he was saying and it only left me more confused.
    The only time I truly felt I had a family were the times I got to spend time with my father and Anna, but when my friendship with Caleb blossomed and I met his family I soon realized what I was missing out on. We got along from the get-go, two peas in a pod they’d say. As I grew older and got to spend more time with his family, I finally started to see the dynamics of keeping a family together… or so I thought. Everything seemed so perfect and I remember during that time I held so much animosity toward my father for not marrying my mother so that we could be a family.
    I held him responsible for the way she was neglecting me but as time went on I grew out of my angst-filled teen years. Caleb of course, was there for me the entire time and I already knew back then that we’d always be in each other’s lives no matter the circumstances.
    Looking back, knowing now that Caleb’s father was cheating on Holly I realize that is doesn’t matter what society’s idea of a family is, just because your parents don’t live in the same household doesn’t mean you don’t have a family. I found a family in Caleb’s house as well as with my father and Anna.
    I’m pleased my father stuck with Anna, his love for her could never be replaced. I didn’t know that then but I know that now, I feel the same love for Caleb and no one can take that away. I wouldn’t have wanted my father to settle with my mother and be unhappy just to keep a family together.
    Now that I’m older, I can imagine my father and mother living together and it’s not a pretty sight. Even though certain aspects were hard to understand at such a young age I’m thankful that they happened the way they did.
    I want my daughter to be happy and I want the three of us to be one big happy family but if Caleb should ever hurt me and break the trust I’ve built for him I won’t waste one more second pinning for him. I want my daughter to grow up in a happy, positive and loving environment and if that doesn’t involve her father and I being together then so be it.

    I refused to go back to work at the bar, I wasn’t ready to run into Jace anytime soon. Anna was spending most of the time at the bar and she was looking into getting someone to run the tattoo parlour for her, she’s even considering selling it if the right person comes along and luckily enough Connor stopped by when he did. She was cool with my decision to stop working with her too. Holly also moved closer to us, she thought it was time to retire and enjoy the money she received as settlement from the divorce from her husband. She also wanted to be closer to her granddaughter and sons.
    Even though I had saved a little to last me a few months till I found another job , Caleb refused to let me look into anything because he wanted me working with him. He decided that he needed a change and since his mother had retired and left the business to him it was his choice to sell if he wanted. It was always what his father wanted and so it was decided that Caleb like Connor should follow in his parent’s footsteps. Now at twenty three years old Caleb decided that architecture wasn’t for him and he sold the business.
    In one of the main streets of town he found an old warehouse that was for sale, the building was surrounded by restaurants and small