"It wasn't only hockey books; it was also football books." Her mother had a musical laugh and a way of looking at life that it wasn't until she left home that Caydance realized was a seldom acknowledged gift. As if life was an environment to always enjoy. No matter what happened.
"But did you think that you would spend the rest of your life with Mac O'Brien?" she asked.
"The truth of the matter", her Mother responded, "is that 'think' is not an accurate verb for how I felt when your Father first sat down beside me in my small book-filled office in a library where I was always at home."