Choosing What Truly Mattered
Meredith’s phone buzzed again — the board meeting reminder.
She silenced it without looking.
“I’m not going anywhere today,” she said firmly. “I’m taking you home.”
Michael looked uncertain.
“Home?”
“Yes,” she said. “Our home. Or whatever it becomes now.”
She smiled through tears.
“Some things are more important than schedules.”
The Beginning of Healing
That morning changed everything.
Not because a career paused or a plan unraveled.
But because a woman who thought she had already lost everything learned that life still had the power to return what she never stopped loving.
Sometimes, what we dismiss as ordinary — or inconvenient — is carrying the past we thought was gone forever.
And sometimes, the people worth finding again are standing right in front of us.
