Page 1 of A Collier First Christmas
Lily
Chapter 1
Looking down at the wiggling bundle in my arms I couldn’t believe she was actually here. I pinched myself every morning just to make sure this amazing life I had created with my mate, Thomas, was really real.
It felt like I’d waited a lifetime to become a mother and I knew it was the most important job I’d ever have.
I sniffled at the thought of the baby I had miscarried, but all the pain and sorrow had been worth it for that perfect moment when they had laid my newborn daughter in my arms.
I looked down with a smile as she suckled at my breast. A daughter. I had a daughter. She was now four months old, and it still amazed me. I wanted to give this girl the world.
With Christmas upon us, I knew I had a lot to do. The Pack was hosting several Christmas events, and as Pack Mother, that meant I was overseeing them all. I didn’t mind. I loved Christmas and this year would be Cammie’s first Christmas, which made it extra special to me. I wanted everything to be perfect for her.
I started making mental lists of everything that needed to be done.
Decorating downtown
Decorating at the barn
Annual Christmas parade
The tree lighting ceremony
Caroling
Gingerbread house contest
Ice sculptures on the pond
Ice skating
S’mores night or maybe roasting chestnuts
A Christmas fair
The Pack feast
A Pack holiday run
A cookie or holiday feast cook off
A white Christmas
Shopping…
My brain immediately started migrating to the list of people I needed to buy presents for.
“What are you up to, slugger?”
I jumped, startling the baby. “Thomas! Don’t sneak up on me like that.”
He chuckled and leaned down to kiss me as he affectionately rubbed Cammie’s sweet head.
“That wasn’t my intention. You were just off in another world I think.”
I sighed happily. “Just thinking through my to-do list for the holidays.”
“Is that all?” he teased.
