She didn't see it coming. He wasn't the man she married. He definitely wasn't the father he pledged himself to be. The sparkle he used to have in his eyes for life had dimmed so much that darkness spilled out. The stress had overtaken him. Keeping up with the big dogs at work, planning for a child, the loss of his dad, had over time eaten away at who he used to be.
She remembered the day they met. Alex had such a zest for life, such an energy. Everyone who knew him couldn't stay away. It was contagious. He never did anything half heartily. He poured all he had into whatever he had on his plate and never seemed to burn out. The drive to see things through, to make magic happen, seemed only to empower him. Hillary being a little more on the introverted side, found herself pulled towards him.
The day they found out they were going to be parents, Alex cried, yelled, laughed and even did a few cartwheels. He made sure that anyone that knew him, friend or acquaintance, knew he was going to be a father to the best little boy or girl in the world
