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Chapter Seven: Building a Life

Author: Ashley Wilson
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-11-05 00:21:02

The years passed in a blur of birthday parties and first days of school, scraped knees and bedtime stories, laughter and tears and everything else in between.

Sofia started kindergarten, and Maya cried watching her daughter walk into the classroom with her too-big backpack. When had her baby gotten so big?

Isabella was a wild child, fearless and energetic, constantly keeping them on their toes. Where Sofia had been cautious and careful, Isabella climbed everything, jumped off everything, tested every boundary.

"She's going to give us gray hair," Ethan said one day after Isabella had climbed onto the kitchen counter and nearly given them both heart attacks.

"She already has," Maya laughed, pointing to the silver strands appearing at Ethan's temples.

Maya finished her associate's degree when Isabella was three, walking across the stage with her family cheering in the audience. It had taken her six years instead of two, but she'd done it. She'd proven that being a young mother didn't mea
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