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First, I want to give you this moment. You will understand why in the end. We were walking on the trail, the way we did on Sundays: the sun-washed gully, the open air, the shadows of last night\u2019s rain staining the earth dark and slick beneath our boots. At the river\u2019s edge, I caught my husband\u2019s hand and pointed at a stack of topaz-eyed turtles that had piled themselves ancient and precarious as a cairn. Here are the shapes and shades that colored my life, before. Then we looked up and saw you. | Copyright 2019 by Kendra Fortmeyer. Narrated by Justine Eyre.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices