“You look beautiful.” Miguel leans down to kiss me. “As gorgeous as you did when I first met you. Maybe even better…”
I roll my eyes and chuckle, knowing that he’s lying. I can feel the effects of aging on my body, never mind see it when I spot my reflection in the mirror, but my husband remains as sweet as he has always been. The true ying to my yang, the love of my life. He has made every day wonderful, and he’s also the reason I don’t mind this all ending when it’s my time. After all, we’ve done our bit. If there’s an afterlife, then that’s where we’ll meet again to enjoy eternity in one another’s arms.
“Well then, Mom,” Tallulah declares as she brings out the much-anticipated cake to hand to me. “It’s time for us all to sing Happy Birthday to the most incredible woman in the universe. We all love you very much and want to take the chance to thank you for everything.”
As I glance out of the window of my home and down to the new world below, blinking away the very happy tears my family have created, I’m grateful. Happy for all of it, even the bad times. Now I can look back and easily appreciate everything that happened, knowing what they’ve led to. Knowing that I really do have it all.
Everything is perfect now, everything is complete.