“Thank you, sweetheart, I confess that I was the same way here as you were, I put work first and now I know better, as my family now comes first. So, Sonia is a good therapist? Would you mind if we did couple counseling with her?” Tina asked, hoping for a positive answer.

“Sonia is amazing; Ozzie loves to talk to her because he wants to be the same, healthy, grounded and whole. Yes, I’ll approach her about it as I think that we need to do that for a while to make sure that what we have with each other is truly what we want. Finding and talking with Sonia have been the best decisions that I’ve made since we parted. Oz loves her as it’s really helped cut down on his nightmares.” Bette shared with her.

“Why does he have nightmares?” Tina asked.

“I think it has a lot to do with his life before he met me. I imagine that he was scared a good part of the time with the uncertainties of living on the street. When we first got together, he was in my bed a lot at night to get comforted. I didn’t mind as I think I needed to be comforted as well…

Tee, I appreciate the fact that you want to do couple counseling as I think we need to do that to figure out how we got to that point of separation and to figure out now how to do the right things with and for each other to stay together as family.”

“I like that, too, and I’m grateful that you agree to do that. I feel that it’s important for us to do as I love you so deeply and don’t want to experience that kind of separation again. I love you so much, Sweetheart.” Tina said to Bette as they gazed into each other’s eyes.

They were just about to kiss when suddenly, Angie work up and was ready for her next meal. Bette handed the baby over to Tina to feed her. As Tina took the newborn into her arms, Bette stood up, went over to the bed, retrieved a pillow for Tina to use and brought it over to her. Bette took the baby so that Tina could situate the pillow just right and then she handed Angie back to her. The couple shared a sweet kiss. Bette then sat with Tina leaning into her as she fed the baby from her breast.