"Mom, it's late and we just want to take our mates to bed," I said.

"Well, give me some pups while you're at it," she said before promising the girls they'd talk more tomorrow. I walked Talia back to my room, glad I had my own bathroom attached. After a quick shower, we fell asleep in each other's arms and everything felt right again.

We woke about noon and walked down to the smell of bacon cooking. BLT's were for lunch, and for us that meant a stack of bacon on sourdough with a leaf of lettuce and a big slice of tomato. We talked wedding over lunch, the girls...