Present. Grateful. Home.
Mary looked up at the darkening sky. «The sunflowers will grow, right, Daddy?»
William kissed the top of her head. «Yes, baby. They’ll grow. And when they do, they’ll turn toward the light. Just like your mom said.»
«Just like us,» Edith repeated.
«Just like us,» William whispered.
And in that moment, surrounded by his daughters, standing beside the woman who had saved them all, William finally understood what his wife had been trying to teach him all along.
True wealth isn’t what you build. It’s who you become. And the most valuable thing in this life isn’t success, or money, or power. It’s love that stays. Even in the silence. Even in the dark.
Love that stays.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? — Matthew 16:26