A Happy Chaos

{SEVEN YEARS LATER}

The house was alive again.

Laughter filled the marble hallway, the kind that comes from lots of balloons, too much icing, and a whole day of celebrating two kids who thought the world was all about them.

Macy and Miles turned seven today. Seven.

Valerie still couldn't believe how quickly the years had gone—as if she'd only blinked and the tiny newborns she'd once cradled agains