Now and Forever Still by A.M. Johnson

Author:A.M. Johnson [Johnson, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Tulip Publishing
Published: 2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

LILY

MY HEAD WAS STILL swimming. I’d barely gotten the final picture hung before Todd had arrived. I’d been lucky, though; we had a full house and a whole lot of hands on the job. Todd’s surprise man cave was just as I had envisioned it. The boys, Lyric, Sky, and Remy, had finished painting the room around noon. Sawyer, Seth, and Lizzie had brought the instruments and amps around three. It was so hot the paint almost dried quicker than we could slap it on the walls, which was freaking me out at first, but had become grateful for as I’d placed the final nail in the wall. I’d bought all of Todd’s top ten favorite bands of all time on vinyl and had the records framed. After the boys set it up, it was like he had his own little mini-studio.

He was always so busy making everyone else’s dreams come true, and I wanted him to have his time in the spotlight, even if it was just in the basement a few hours a week. Being a stay at home mom to six children wasn’t something that I planned. Having four kids, each two years apart, and then a surprise three years later, as well as the balancing of Molly’s schedule between two homes, I’d had to quit my full time teaching job just to keep up with everything. But, Todd knew how much I needed it, how I loved to create, so I opened our house and started teaching kids how to play the piano. Being a mom, getting to be a part of my kids’ lives — it wasn’t the stage I’d ever expected to play on, but my family, they were my best piece of work.

“Where’s Violet and Liv?” Todd asked Seth as he grabbed a beer from the cooler.

“Violet has a cold, so she’s at home with Livvie.” Tiff shook her head before she smiled. “It’s life. How was work?”

“Good. Picking up the extra staff this year was the best idea. The label is getting too big. The New York office called. They were curious about some talent in—”

“No shop talk.” I smiled and wrapped my arm around my husband’s waist. He was still muscular; sure he’d softened a bit around the tummy, but so had I. Time was a fickle bitch, but when it came to us, I never worried, he still loved me with everything that he had. Todd’s passion, if possible, only got stronger with each passing year.

“She’s right, I’m starving anyway. Your wife put us to work,” Seth groaned.

“You, shut your face!” I warned Seth if he gave away another surprise he’d be voted off the island for good this time.

“Mom!” Claire giggled as she stepped onto the deck. “Manners.”

“When did our kids start telling us what to do?” Todd’s tone was laced with sarcasm.

“Um, the day I was born,” Claire sassed, and I rolled my eyes.

“That is the most truth I’ve heard all day. Sailor is the worst. She thinks because she is an only child she can tell us all the time how to parent her.

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