The author reflects on her journey towards finding love and building her family. After years of searching, she fell for an older man with children who was not interested in having more. Initially devastated by this realization, she shifted her perspective and found solace in her strong relationships with her husband's family and the life they built together. Despite not having children, she emphasizes that fulfilling connections can take many forms and values the love and bonds she created through acceptance and understanding.
Through the years, I admired my married friends and their strong relationships with their children, and harbored a quiet yearning for that type of sharing and love, but I wasn't going to do it on my own.
At first, I was devastated. I felt rejected and a little resentful. But I knew I had to change my thinking, as it was the only way to move forward.
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