Total pages in book: 23
Estimated words: 21945 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 110(@200wpm)___ 88(@250wpm)___ 73(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 21945 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 110(@200wpm)___ 88(@250wpm)___ 73(@300wpm)
That incredible woman up there, riding on the brown horse, changed all of that. I’m so thankful for her wrong turn, for the rain, for the mud, for her crappy old car. Where would I have been without any of it? How sad and lonely would I be?
My eyes water and I get all choked up as I watch my family riding up the mountains I love. They’ve made my life truly worth living. They’re everything to me.
Carrie turns back with a smile. Her forehead scrunches up when she sees that I’m emotional.
She steers her horse to the side of the trail and lets Luca and Lauren pass.
“What is it?” she whispers as her horse begins walking beside mine. “Are you crying?”
“No,” I say as I wipe my tear away. “I’m just… I’m so happy to have you all. I always feel it, but it’s just hitting me a little harder today.”
She starts to tear up too as she smiles. “I feel the same way every minute of every day. I don’t know what I would have done without you.”
I feel my heart expanding in my chest like it can’t possibly get any fuller. Sometimes I wonder if my body can handle any more love. Sometimes, I feel like I’m bursting with it.
“Luckily, we don’t have to wonder,” I say as I take her hand.
She squeezes my fingers in gratitude and rests her head on my shoulder. Our horses continue walking up the beautiful mountain trail as we watch our amazing kids.
I thought when I found Carrie lost on the mountain that I was the one who saved her, but now I know that’s not the case. I was the one who was truly lost and she was the one who found me.
She’s given me everything—Kids, love, happiness, a life worth living.
Every day, I try my best to repay her. To be worthy of her love.
And in some magical moments, like this one, I feel like I’ve come pretty close.