“I’m an orphan too, Leah,” he said. “We understand each other. We can build the family neither of us had.” PlanFamily Trips
Those words meant everything to me.
We married a year later.
When I became pregnant, Grant seemed even more excited than I was. TrackPregnancy
He painted our baby’s nursery pale yellow, spent an entire Saturday assembling the crib, and helped me choose tiny clothes.
I thought I’d finally found the happiness I’d spent my whole childhood dreaming about.
There was only one thing that troubled me.
Grant worked as a construction site contractor, and his job frequently kept him away overnight.
Sometimes he disappeared for two or three days.
He explained that his company was handling projects in several towns and desperately needed experienced supervisors.
