Page 102 of Imperfection is Beauty

“Are you talking about thepulse, Pops and Uncle Snake talk to us about?” Sebastian asked,

I nodded, “What y’all don’t know is that I also ignored that feeling, and I wasted five fucking years of my life with the wrong person. I have no regrets in this life. Except for that one.”

That was when I heard my woman say, “If I could do it all over again, I would. In a fucking nano-second.”

Shakira turned her head to look at her mama, and asked, “Even getting shot?”

My Shortcake nodded then walked into the room and sat down in my lap, and then looked at our kids, “Even that. Do you know why?”

They shook their heads because they didn’t.

“After I woke up in the hospital, that was when your father slid this ring on my finger.” I smiled and then took her hand and placed a kiss on it.

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All four of our kids found their soulmates. They experienced theirPulsemoments.

And because of us always being honest with our kids, they never had to live life with that one regret.

They all realized something else… Anyone’s imperfections are always going to be beautiful in the right person’s eyes.

The End…

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