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My name is Grace, but only my husband and my mother call me that. The rest of my family calls me Gracie. And just about everyone else that knows me calls me Moon or Moony. That’s because for the last 7+ years I’ve had a YouTube channel, Adventures with Girl in the Moon and I go by Moon on there. And for the most part, I introduce myself as Moon.

I traveled and lived in a converted van that I named Luna with my two ginger cats Fred and George for about five and a half years. I filmed my travels and posted them on the internet. I was forty, divorced, childless, and had lost my job. I took off and started over. I wrote smutty romance novels that sold well enough, and I made money off my videos. I learned to love myself and I was loving my life. I was having fun. I had some amazing adventures.

And then I met Pete.

Almost three years ago he literally walked into my life. He and his three awesome kids were camping in the same campground as me. They watched my channel and recognized my van when I drove past their site. They came over to meet me and the boys. The thing is, I recognized him too. He is a musician. He’s been in a very successful band. They’ve been making music for twenty years and I've been listening to them from almost the beginning. In fact, I had been quoting him and the band for years on my channel as my favorite poet.

We spent the three days we were there together, getting to know each other. The kids and I became fast friends. When we parted ways, I gave them my phone number and my personal email. We stayed in touch as I went on more adventures, and they went on tour with the band.

After months of emails, texts, and phone calls, we decided to meet up again and camp together. The five of us spent eight days together in a small town on the California coast. Pete and I ended up a couple and we’ve been together ever since.

I stopped traveling and moved in with them that Christmas. I also ended up as Mom to his two youngest. Their mother left them all for another man who unfortunately introduced her to hard drugs. She was far more interested in getting high than being a mother to her children. But I wanted them and told them that. I ended up pregnant with the twins the next summer. We got married on the one year anniversary of us meeting back up. It was the date of our first kiss. And now, the twins are almost a year old. Pete and I have been married for over a year, and the adoption of the two younger children was happening. The papers were signed, we just needed to go in front of a judge to make it official.

My life had changed drastically since I met Pete. But this was the happiest I had ever been.

It was the Friday of the first week of December 2025 and I was home alone with the twins. They were down for their nap. The other kids were in school. We weren’t expecting Bronx this weekend, he was supposed to spend that weekend with his Mom. And Pete was in the studio with a band he was working with. I decided to take advantage of the quiet time and film the intro to the Sunday video I was going to post. I took a quick look in the mirror and fixed my hair and threw on some lip gloss. But for the most part, my face was bare of makeup. I pulled out my camera and started to record the intro.

“Hello everyone! If you’re new here, welcome. If you’ve been here before, welcome back. I’m Moon, and this is my channel Adventures with Girl in the Moon. Normally, I’d be showing you all something that the family and I did during the week. Either a trip somewhere as a family or just something fun. This past week we’ve just been so busy with day to day life we haven’t gone anywhere. So, this will just be a few days in the life video. Bronx, Saint, and Marvel are in school and are loving it. The twins are growing so damn fast. They’re almost a year old already. Can you guys believe that? We’re only, like, seven weeks from their first birthday. We’re getting ready for Christmas. I can’t believe how fast this year went. I’m sorry to say, I don’t have much of a video for you this week. It’s just me running around keeping the family and house going.” I said into my camera.

“It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Q&A video so that’s what I’ll film for the next one. Please put your questions in the comments and I’ll post something on my Instagram asking for questions there too. I’ll go through them and answer the ones I’m comfortable with. But then I’ll be taking the holidays off. I’ll post the Q&A video on Wednesday, and then I won’t be back until after the new year.” I stopped filming.

It was starting to get difficult to keep up with my channel and what I wanted to do with it. Pete had been working with a young band he had signed. He had been spending a lot of time with them in the studio. In fact he had spent most of the last three months working with them. We didn’t get to spend much time with him lately.

I heard the garage door open and figured it was Bronx. I was surprised, but thought he was just stopping to pick up something from the house. It was about the time that he would be home if he was coming to our home. I headed to the kitchen to meet him at the door. But it wasn’t Bronx that came through the door, it was Pete. I was surprised, but in a very good way.

“Hey Honey! I wasn’t expecting you until later tonight.” I greeted him with a big smile. I was always happy to see him.

“Hey.” He said as he tossed his keys on the counter. “Yeah, the band was done with the song we’d been working on. I was ready to get out of the studio, so I sent them home or out to have fun. I just wanted to come home.” He told me as he walked towards me.

“Well, I’m happy to have you home.” I told him truthfully. I was always happy when he was home.

He gave me a very tired smile, one that didn’t reach his eyes. He crossed the room to me and wrapped his arms around my waist and leaned his forehead against mine. He gave me a soft kiss and then nuzzled his face against my neck.

I hugged him back. “Are you ok?” I asked him.

“I don’t know. I’m feeling a bit off. Where are the kids?” He hadn’t taken his head off my shoulder.

“The twins are napping. The kids are at school. I have to go get them off the bus in a little under an hour.” I answered.

“Are you busy right now?” He asked me.

“No. I’m all yours until I need to get the twins up so we can get the kids.”

He finally lifted his head and looked at me. “Can we sit together? I need, I just need to cuddle with you. I need to spend some time with you.”

“Of course we can. Come on, let’s get comfortable on the couch.” I said as I led him into the living room.

He sat down and held his arms open for me. I started to sit next to him, but he shook his head and patted his thigh, and said, “No, come here. I need to hold you.”

I straddled his legs and sat in his lap. He pulled me to him as tightly as he could and buried his face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and hugged him back.

I was worried, this was unlike him. In the almost three years I had known Pete, he had never looked this down. And he had never left work early like this. I held onto him just as tightly. Touch is part of his love language, and he needs it.

“Honey, what’s wrong?” I asked him gently. I ran my fingers through his hair and rubbed the back of his neck.

“Don’t know.” He mumbled and then he sniffed. “Just feeling very down.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“I was sitting in the studio, you know, just on my phone, looking through Instagram and I saw the post you made about the kids. And all of a sudden, I just missed you all so much. I felt like I hadn’t seen any of you for weeks.” He let out a big sigh. “I’ve been feeling like I’m missing out on so much with the twins. I mean, I feel like I’m missing out on firsts.” He pulled back from my shoulder so he could look at me.

I looked into his eyes and saw his worry about us, the family. He didn’t want to be away from us. And we didn’t want to be away from him either. The kids had always been with him when he traveled for the band. And they were unaccustomed to him not being available to them like he had been for the past month or so. Even when he was busy before, he was still present. However, this project was taking up a lot of his time and energy. But, it was only temporary.

“Star is pulling herself up on things. She’s going to be walking soon, I don’t want to miss her first steps. I missed when both of them started to crawl. And Jupiter is gonna start talking soon. He’s babbling and trying so hard to communicate. I want to be here when he says his first words. And I miss you. I know I’m home every night, and we get a little bit of time together. But it’s not enough.” He put his head back on my shoulder and tightened his grip on me.

“With Marvel in school now,” he said into my neck, “I don’t get to see her or Saint enough. And Bronx, he’s gonna be leaving for college soon.” Pete’s voice hitched a bit. He started to really cry on my shoulder. “I don’t want to lose you guys. You’re my whole world. I feel like I’m so busy I’m pushing you away. I can’t have another relationship end because I’m working too much.”

“Oh, Honey, you’re not losing us. You’re not losing me. I’m right here. Waiting for you happily.” I told him, trying to reassure him. “We miss you too. And we’re always so happy to spend time with you. But we understand you’re working, and it isn’t forever.”

“I know I’m the reason both Ashlee and Meghan found other people. I wasn’t available to them. And I’m doing the same thing to you. Please don’t leave me.”

“Pete, I’m not leaving. I promised you I’d never do that. I won’t leave you. And, I’m not afraid to use my words. I’ll tell you if I need you to do something or change something. I’ll let you know if you’re working too much and neglecting me or the kids.” I told him earnestly. I meant what I was telling him. He was my forever. Not my just for now.

“Grace, I love you so much. I’m sorry I haven’t been showing you that as much as I should be.”

“Stop.” I said a bit harshly as I pulled back from him so I could look him in the face. “Do not apologize. I don’t need or want it. I have you and that’s enough. You are my forever. Please remember that.”

I took a good look at him. He wasn’t looking too good. I could see how much he was hurting thinking he was going to lose us. That upset me as I never wanted him to think that I would ever do that to him.

“I think I know what you need.” I said softly as I cupped his face. “Let me take care of you today and this weekend. Yeah?” I asked as I pushed his long blond hair behind his ears. “Let’s see if we can get you feeling better. And if not, then you can call your therapist on Monday. See if you can get in and see him. Ok?”

Pete looked at me and only nodded. I cupped his face in both of my hands and kissed him softly.

“I love you so much Peter Lewis. Please never forget that. You are my forever. It’s gonna take a lot more than you being busy and working hard for me to leave.” I told him. “Now, we have about 20 minutes before I need to get the twins up so we can go get the kids. Would you like to go with us? I’m sure Marvel and Saint will be happy to see you when they get off the bus.”

Pete nodded his head. “Yeah, I’ll go with you.”

“So you want to just sit and cuddle?” I asked him. I was willing to do whatever he needed.

“If you don’t mind? I need to hold you.” He answered.

“Of course I don’t mind.” I said and then kissed him.

I sat on his lap and continued to give him soft kisses until he started to deepen them. We were gentle and loving and had a wonderful and slow makeout session for the little bit of time we had together before getting the kids.

When it was time, I got up and went to get the babies up. They are ten and a half months old now. Both of them were hitting the normal milestones. They were crawling and pulling up on the tables and couches. Jupiter was going to talk soon. He was just like his father in that, wanting to talk all the time. Star was a little more serious about the noises she made. I have a feeling when she starts to talk it will be in full sentences.

Pete came up with me to get them up. When Star saw her Daddy she grinned up at him and was so excited. She kicked her legs and made gimme motions with her hands. She loved her Daddy and was always smiling when she was with him. He had a genuine smile when he picked her up.

Star was starting to look a lot like me. She had my stick straight hair, her eyes had lightened to a bright piercing blue, just like mine. Her face shape was the same as mine, and when she smiled, everyone said she had the same dimple in her left cheek that I had. But she had her fathers coloring. She had his natural dark hair and his golden skin. I may be biased, but I thought she was going to grow up to be beautiful.

Jupiter had his own look. He had my light brown hair color, but Pete’s curls. He was pale like me, but had my Dad’s green eyes. He didn’t have any dimples, but he did have his fathers chin. And I think he will end up with his fathers grin. I hoped he would have Pete’s smile. Bronx and Marvel both had it, and I loved it on all of them.

“Hi there Star. How was your nap? Do you need your diaper changed?” Pete asked as he took her to the changing table. He quickly changed her and than got her dressed as I took care of Jupiter.

We were ready to head out and pick the kids up on the corner where the bus stop was. We didn’t bother with the stroller. We each carried a baby.

When Marvel and Saint got off the bus they were both very excited to see their Dad waiting too.

“Daddy!” Marvel cried as she got off the bus. She ran up to him and got a hug.

“Hi Honey! How was school?” He greeted her with one of his grins.

“It was good. Why are you here?” She asked him.

“Missed you guys so I came home early.” He told her. “Hi Saint. How was school?” He asked as Saint got off the bus.

“Fine.” Saint said as he came up to us. He also got a hug from his Dad,

We walked back up the block to the house. Both of the kids were telling Pete all about their day. I could tell this was just what he needed. Time with the kids. Time with the family.

Once we got home I got all the kids a snack. The twins were eating solid food for most of their food intake, but they still took a bottle. I had to give up nursing them completely about a month ago. I just couldn’t keep up my supply. But, at that time, they were starting to eat some solid foods. We were doing baby led weaning. They ate what we did for the most part along with bottles.

After the snack I asked Pete if he would be willing to take all the kids. I wanted to make something special for dinner. Pete and the kids needed a family night. I had the stuff to make a very southern, comfort meal for us. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken gravy, and green beans. And, I had the stuff and time to make my pecan pie. That was a favorite of the families. Oh, and fresh sweet tea was a must.

Pete and the kids happily took the twins and the five of them played together in the living room if it meant that meal for dinner. I sent Bronx a text and told him what I was making for dinner, that he was always welcome to join us if he wanted to. And, if he couldn’t make it to dinner, could he please text or call his Dad? He only sent me thumbs up emoji as an answer.

I was in the kitchen, frying the chicken, pie was in the oven and the potatoes were boiling when Bronx came in through the back door.

“Hey Bronx! I’m glad you came for dinner. Is your Mom ok with it?” I greeted him as he came in.

“Hi Moon. Yeah, she and Evan are out tonight and the kids are with Aunt Tracee. I didn’t want to go with them. Your fried chicken is so much better than the ultra healthy, no flavor food she always makes.” Bronx said as he made a face.

“Your Dad’ll be happy to see you. He’s in the living room with the kids. Go say hi.” I told him as I tended to the chicken.

Bronx went in and spent time with his Dad and siblings. I could hear them excitedly greeting him. When everything was done, I called the family to the table for dinner. We have highchairs for the twins. I set them up so I was in between them and Pete was on the other side of Star.

Jupiter likes potatoes, a lot. I put a scoop of them and some green beans on each of their trays and I pulled some meat from a drumstick and gave each of them that. Jupiter dived in with both hands. He made a mess, and I think he had more mashed potatoes on his face and in his hair than he got in his mouth, but he was a very happy baby. He also liked picking up the green beans and feeding himself. Star was just as enthusiastic as her brother when it came to eating.

I looked over at Pete about halfway through dinner. He had a real smile on his face and seemed much happier than he had when he came home. He was helping Star eat her chicken. He looked up and caught my eye. He flashed me a smile and went back to helping Star eat her dinner.

Jupiter was babbling non stop. He was so close to talking. But he was making himself understood. He pointed at the potatoes and made grabbing motions with his hands.

“Do you want more potatoes Jupiter?” I asked him as I put another spoonful on his tray. He smiled happily as he grabbed a handful and shoved it in his mouth. He made a happy sound as he ate.

“Have some more green beans.” I said to the baby as I put a few more in his tray. I picked one up and fed it to him.

“Umm” he said after his mouthful.

“Is that yummy?” I smiled at him. “Yummy potatoes and beans.”

“Mm. Umm! Mmuumm. Aa. Ddd, aaa. Mmumm!” He agreed with me.

“Mom, your chicken is as good as Granny’s.” Saint told me as he took his second drumstick.

“It’s Granny’s recipe.” I told him.

“Can I have more green beans?” Marvel asked.

“Oh course you can.” I told her as I dished her up more green beans. “Do you want more potatoes too?”

She nodded and said, “Please.”

Once we were done with dinner, I asked everyone if they wanted pie. Everyone said yes. Pete and I wiped off the twins' faces and their trays. and cut up the pie. I even brought out a couple of small scoops of the filling so the twins could try it. I let each of them try it. They really hadn’t had anything that sweet before. Star took a taste and the look on her face was so funny. Her eyes got big, she sucked her cheeks in, and she reached for the spoon for more. Jupiter did about the same thing. All of us were laughing at their reactions because it was just so cute and funny.

When dinner was over, I picked up Jupiter and put him on one hip. Then I picked up Star and put her on my other hip.

“I need to clean these two up. Would you guys please put the dishes in the kitchen for me? I’ll clean up after taking care of the twins.” I asked the table at large.

Bronx and Saint both jumped up and started carrying their dishes to the kitchen for me.

“Thank you. We’ll be back down in a little bit. Maybe we can watch a movie together tonight?” I asked the family.

“Can we watch Harry Potter?” Marvel asked.

“Maybe. We can vote on it as a family.” I told her. I was always happy with a Potter movie.

I took the babies upstairs to give them a bath and get them started on settling down for the night. Jupiter kept up his talking.

“Mmm, um!” He cried delightedly.

“Did you like dinner? Was it yummy?” I asked him as I took him upstairs.

Pete stayed down with the other kids. I bathed and changed Star and Jupiter. Got them into their pajamas and ready for the night. When I took them back downstairs I handed Jupiter to Pete and Star to Bronx and headed to the kitchen. My intention was to clean up the kitchen and put the dishes in the dishwasher. However, I had a wonderful surprise. Pete, Bronx, Saint, and Marvel had done all that for me. My kitchen was clean, dishes were done.

I walked back into the living room only to see grins on the faces of my husband and kids.

“We cleaned the kitchen up for you, Mom.” Saint told me with a very proud smile.

“We want to watch a movie together.” Marvel told me.

“You cooked such a good dinner, we thought the least we could do was clean up for you.” Bronx told me as he bounced Star on his lap.

Pete patted the couch next to him. “Come on, Hon, let’s watch a Potter movie.” He said and picked up the remote.

I sat next to him and Jupiter and snuggled against him.

“Mmmuumm!” Jupiter said as he reached for me.

“Did he just say Mom?” Bronx asked.

“Mmuuumm, mmum, mum!” Jupiter was saying.

“Oh my God! He did say Mom.” Pete exclaimed.

I reached for my son and said, “Jupiter! Did you just say Mom?” I picked the baby up and put him in my lap.

“Mmuum! Mm um, mmum, mum.” He said happily as he reached for me. He grabbed my face, smiled and said ”Mum!” Then he leaned in and gave me an open mouth baby kiss on the cheek.

I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him to me. I looked up at Pete to see his reaction. He just had a huge grin on his face.

“Jupiter! You’re talking!” Pete said to the baby. Jupiter turned and looked at his father.

“Aaa! Daa!”

“Are you trying to say Dad?” Pete asked.

Jupiter reached out to Pete and repeated, “Da, da!”

“I think he is. Pete, you were right, he was ready to start talking.”

“Jupiter, you just made me a very happy Daddy.” Pete said to the baby and cuddled him. “I’m so glad I listened to my heart and came home early today.”

We settled down and watched the second Harry Potter movie. About 45 minutes into it I got up and made bottles for both of the twins. Pete and I gave them their night time bottles. Both of them were asleep long before the movie was over. Since I didn’t want to interrupt the family time, we just held Star and Jupiter until the movie was over. But then it was bedtime for the little kids too.

We took all four of them up and got everyone in bed for the night. Bronx was going to stay at our place that night. He made sure to let Ashlee know. He headed to his room not too much later. He wasn’t going to bed yet, but he was going to keep himself busy in his room.

“Come on, let’s go to bed too.” I said as we left Saint’s room. I took his hand and led him down the hall of our room.

“It’s still early, I’m not ready to go to sleep.” Pete started to protest.

“I didn’t say let’s go to sleep. I said, let’s go to bed. And you’ll be ready to sleep when I’m done with you.”

I pulled him into our bedroom and wrapped my arms around his waist. I leaned in and gently kissed him. “So, I was thinking that I would get you in the tub first. Maybe go get some wine if you want or a joint, or both.” I kissed him again and ran my hands up under his hoodie. I gently pulled that off of him.

“Both.” He said.

“Then once you’re relaxed, I’m gonna lay you out on the bed and proceed to unravel you.” I kissed his neck and sucked gently behind his ear. “I’m gonna make you cum.” I breathed into his ear.

I lifted the hem of his tee shirt, removing that too. I rested my hands on his chest, running them over his pecks. “And then I’m gonna give you the best of both worlds. You know the big blue vibrator? The one you like so much?”

He nodded and gripped my hips tightly. “Yeah,” he said in a growl.

“Well, I’m gonna use that on you and once you’re hard again, I’m gonna ride you like the cowboy you are. And I’m gonna leave it in as I ride you.” I kissed him hard and deeply.

“Fuck, that sounds amazing. I need you so bad. It’s been too long.” He said as he kissed me back. He held me tight and started sucking on my neck.

“Go start the bath. I’ll go make sure the house is locked up and bring up the wine and the joint.” I told him as I stepped back from him. I headed downstairs to get the wine and the weed. I checked all the doors making sure the house was locked up and then headed back upstairs. When I got back up the bath was filling and he was naked and already ready for me.

I took one look at him and my mouth started to water. I told him to get in the tub. He did and I poured us each a glass of wine. I handed him his and setting mine down, as well as the joint and lighter, I undressed. I joined him in the tub. I was sitting facing him.

“Are you feeling any better?” I asked him as I lit the joint.

“Yes. I’m feeling better. Thank you for tonight. I really needed this.” He said as he leaned back and took a sip of his wine.

“I know you did. I told you I’d take care of you.” I said as I handed him the joint. I smiled softly at him and then said. “You know, I needed this too. I’ve missed you, and so have the kids. But we know this is temporary. We know we’ll get you back.”

“You’ve been more patient with me than I have been with myself.” He said and took a drag off the joint.

I took the joint and a drag off of it. After blowing the smoke out I said, “You’re always harder on yourself than you are other people. You need to stop doing that. But, it’s easy to be patient with you. You make it worth it.” I handed the joint back to him.

He shot me a questioning look. “How? How do I make it worth it?” He asked.

“Just by being you.” I told him as I smiled at him.

“Why do you love me so much? What have I done to deserve you?”

“I love you so much because you’re you. Just Pete, my friend and lover, my husband, the father of my children. My favorite poet and my favorite person. My life was so lonely before you came into it.”

“I love you so much.” He told me as he leaned forward to kiss me.

I kissed him back and smiled at him. “I can’t believe Jupiter said his first words. I’m so glad you were here for it.”

“Me too. I was so sure I was going to miss that.” He said and then took a long drag off the joint. He passed it to me and I took a drag too. I handed it back to him and took a sip of my wine. We sat for a while just relaxing and enjoying our time together.

“Are you ready to get out? Are you ready to let me have my way with you?” I asked him.

He nodded and put the joint out, swallowed the last of his wine and then pulled the plug on the tub. As the water drained out, we got up and out of the tub. I grabbed one of the big fluffy towels and wrapped it around him. I kissed him as I dried him off.

“Go get comfortable. I’ll be right in.” I told him and sent him out of the bathroom.

I dried off and slipped my robe on. Then I pulled out the special toy box from one of the cupboards. I also grabbed the towel and took that with me as I entered the bedroom. Pete was stretched out on the bed. He was beautiful, all golden skin and tattoos. I sat the box and towel down on the bed, within reach, but out of the way.

I removed my robe and got on the bed at the foot, close to his feet. Pushing his legs apart, I crawled up him until I could lay on top of him and he wrapped his legs around me.

After kissing him deeply I asked, “Are you ready to let me make you feel good?”

“Please. I need you so badly.” He moaned under me. I could feel his need against my hip.

“Relax, I’m gonna take care of you.” I told him.

And I did take care of him, twice. After I was done making him come undone, I was laying next to him in our bed. He was on his back, I was on my side cuddled up to him.

“Thank you, Grace. I really needed that. And not just the sex, but all night. You and the kids and the babies. I needed the time with you guys. Thank you for making it happen. Did you ask Bronx to come tonight?”

“No. I just sent him a text letting him know what I was making for dinner. I hoped he would want to join us.” I put my arm around him and rested my forehead against his shoulder. “I love you Pete. I will always do what I can to help you when you need it. Regardless of what you need, I will try to give it to you.”

We fell asleep holding each other.

Pete stayed around the house over the weekend. On Monday when he went back to the studio to work with the band, he told me he was giving them until the end of the week to complete the recording. If they didn’t get it done by the end of the week, they would go back into the studio after the new year. But he wanted to spend the holidays with us. He was in a much better mood all around.