My Wife Suddenly Passed Away, Leaving Me with Four Kids – After the Funeral, My Mother-in-Law Handed Me a Sealed Box and Said, ‘She Wanted You to Have This’
“Promise?”
“I promise.”
Jeremy shuffled in behind her, dragging the blanket Sarah had sewn his name onto.
He said nothing.
He simply climbed up and pressed his cheek against my chest.
Julie stood watching from the doorway.
“Daddy, who’s going to braid Joan’s hair for school?” she asked.
“I’ll learn,” I told her. “Give me a week. I’ll be terrible at first.”
“Mom did a fishtail.”
“Then I’ll learn a fishtail.”
Joyce slipped past her sister and pulled at my sleeve.
“Can we eat cereal for breakfast?” Joyce asked. “Mom always made pancakes on Saturdays, but I don’t want pancakes today.”
“Cereal it is.”
