“If.

That’s a conversation for another day.

But if we do, I want our house to be a place where everybody can be disappointed without somebody else being punished for it.”

“Agreed.

And I want birthdays where no one has to give a speech about how grateful they are for a gift they didn’t ask for.”

I laughed so hard that a gull startled from the sand nearby.

We stayed there until the wind turned cool, then walked back to the cabin and made soup from the vegetables we’d brought.