A California girl meets a Michigander boy in Novato. On their first date, their hands meet in a competitive game of bowling. On the second, she kisses him in the parking lot after dinner. By the third, the kissing won’t stop between mini golf and sharing the big stories. They run toward each other, not away. She knows. This is it. She found her person. Her partner. He asks her to be his girlfriend. She kisses him as her answer. Then comes dinner with his children… and suddenly she knows she didn’t just find love, she found her family. An instant family. A forever kind of love. One that feels like it’s always been. Not just a happy ending… but the most beautiful new beginning. **The Shoemaker Family.**