Chapter 24 Embracing New Horizons

Those first few months of being a parent, I wake up and feed, change diapers, and put the baby back to sleep. Kai and I manage this new stage with both enthusiasm and tiredness, trying to realize ourselves as parents and life companions. Late her presence made her the focal point of our lives and this feeling that she makes our lives much better to describe is priceless. Like all routines, weeks began to come and go and within the hurly-burly, calm could be found. Kai is a wonderful husband because we split all the workload fifty-fifty and I could always count on him to be my rock in these early years of being a mom. We would regularly stay awake at night, being the first ones to get Lily back to sleep and talking about how she has been growing up. One afternoon as she was taking a nap being rocked to sleep in the nursery by me, Kai came in carrying a folder. Frowning slightly he seemed lost for a moment; I knew he was stuck in his thoughts as usual. It was late at night, and he