I paddle over to him and give him a high five and then we exchange shakas, or hang loose signs with our thumbs and little fingers.
We both turn around seeing a little wave coming our way, and push off each other before paddling furiously to get it.
Boys will always be boys.
“Lunchtime!” I hear my woman yell, just as I stand up and ride my wave to shore.
I look back over my shoulder and see Eric right there behind me, trying to creep up on me.
The wave is small so this is pretty funny and nothing dangerous is going to happen.
Our oldest boys are already out of the water and running toward our picnic tables underneath the shade of some trees.
We’ll be on their heels in seconds.
As I ride the wave in the last little bit I just let my head move all around. I take in all this beauty of where we are, where we live, and where we get to enjoy every day.
We. That’s the most important word. We.
My eyes focus forward as all our kids start waving to Eric and I.
We.
Without our families this paradise would mean nothing. The sad thing is we wouldn’t even know. We’d think we had it all figured out just out here surfing, making money, and enjoying the sun.
That’s the single guy fallacy. He thinks he’s got it all, and in a lot of ways it seems like it, until he finds the one. It’s only then he can realize he really didn’t have anything.
All the money, fame, sport, all that stuff pales to waking up every morning to a home full of little feet pitter-pattering across the floor…tiny bodies jumping onto the bed…and family breakfasts at the table.
That’s what life’s all about.
And it all starts and ends with her. She’s the mother to our five children, and hopefully five, or maybe even seven, more.
I thought I couldn’t love her more than when I put that ring on her finger.
Then I thought the same the day we got married.
And again when we had our first child, and our second, and our third, and so on.
But every day somehow tops the last.
I’ve heard some of those Wall Street types say that compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.
They’re absolutely right, but not in the way they think.
They’re chasing another dollar, but for what?
The way compound interest works when you’re in love with the only woman who’s for you, and you’ve made a family with her, is that love just grows a little more each and every day. Naturally.
You don’t even think about it. It’s just like a fan running in the background on a hot summer day. It’s just there, doing its thing.
And that’s pretty much our family in a nutshell. We’re just doing our thing.
Enjoying our little slice of fun in the sun each and every day, forever.
I feel my body snap in the midsection and I lose my balance, falling forward in the shallow water.
I quickly come up and see my brother-in-law surf past me.
“Got ya!” he says.
I can only laugh.
Yeah, he got me this time all right.
But it’s only because I was off daydreaming again about this wonderful life I have with her, with us.
And the best part is it isn’t a dream. It’s real, even though I have to pinch myself every day.
I’m obsessed with my family and they’re obsessed with me.
And it’s not a good thing…it’s the best.
Book 1: Baby Lust
Book 2: Veteran
Book 3: Built
Book 4: Bambino
Book 5: Rescued
Book 6: Leader
Book 7: Professor
Book 8: Burned
Book 9: Worldly
Book 10: Pistol
Book 11: Policed
Book 12: Driven
Book 13: Lucky 13
Book 14: Lumberjacked
Book 15: Protector
Book 16: Carpenter
Book 17: Italian Stallion
Book 18: Gardener
Book 19: Budapest Billionaire’s Virgin
Book 20: Billionaire’s Babysitter
Book 21: Cocky CFO
Book 22: Fireman’s Filthy 4th
Book 23: Mechanic
Book 24: SEAL’s Secret
Book 25: Police, Pooch, and Smooch
Book 26: Fireman’s Fake Fiancée
Book 27: Billionaire’s Virgin Ballerina
Book 28: Bitcoin Billionaire’s Babysitter
Book 29: Veterans Day Daddy
Book 30: Cowboy’s Christmas Carol
Book 31: Police Officer’s Princess
Book 32: Statham
Book 33: Bodyguard
Book 34: Greek God
Book 35: Billionaire Single Dad's Babysitter
Book 36: Mountain Man
Book 38: Royal Romance
Book 39: Doctor Mountain Man’s Special Delivery
Book 40: Crocodile Dan D
Book 41: Mountain Man’s Secret Baby
Book 42: Doctor Bad Boy’s Secret Baby
Book 43: Cop’s Babysitter
Book 44: Nanny for the Cop Next Door
Book 45: Small Town SEAL’s Saving Grace
Book 46: Cop’s Fake Fiancée
Book 47: Billionaire’s Nanny
Book 48: Cowboy’s Babysitter
Book 49: Steamy
Book 50: Brother’s Best Friend
Book 51: Possessive Professor
Book 52: Firefighter’s Babysitter
Book 53: Soldier’s Secret Baby
Book 54: Ward’s Independence Day
Book 55: Doctor Next Door
Book 56: Possessive Policeman
Book 57: Coached by the MMA Fighter
Book 58: Boss’s Babysitter
Book 59: Virgin in New York
Book 60: Rock Star’s Baby
Book 61: Possessive Protector
Book 62: Possessive Australian
Book 63: Best Friend’s Brother
Book 64: Possessive Cowboy
Book 65: Summer Romanced
Book 66: Possessive Prince
Book 67: Lovers’s Enemy
Book 68: Cop’s Best Friend
Book 69: Possessive Firefighter
Book 70: Football Next Door
Book 71: Doctor December
Book 72: Possessive Canadian
Book 73: Blue Collar Billionaire
Book 75: Possessive Brazilian
Book 76: Hockey Obsession
Book 77: Possessive Boston Irish American MMA Fighter
Book 78: Halloween Next Door
Book 79: Possessive Russian
Book 80: Baseball Mine
Book 81: Cop’s Caribbean Captive
Book 82: Instalove Island
Book 83: Dad’s Best Friend
Book 84: Thanksgiving with Dad’s Boss
Book 85: Possessive Italian Neighbor
Book 86: Possessive Portuguese
Book 87: Possessive Christmas Cop
Book 88: Russian’s Obsession
Book 89: Possessive Doctor’s Christmas
Book 90: Possessive Parisian Pilot
Book 91: U.K. Boxing Day
Book 92: Jealous Russian Stalker
Book 93: Italian Mountain Man
Book 94: Aggressive Russian
Book 95: Possessive Valentine
Book 96: Possessive Hunter
Book 97: Dad’s Russian Mafia Friend
Book 98: Russian Teacher
Book 99: Australian Obsession
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Flora Ferrari, Australian Obsession