She was perfect. He counted all her little fingers and toes just to make sure. It was his daughter. He would dedicate his every thought from that moment on to make sure that she had whatever her little heart desired. It was love at first sight for him. No other woman in his world would ever come close to the love he felt for her, or the disappointment he would come to experience. He wondered how he would ever be able to provide the kind of life he knew she deserved. He was a young attorney with a law practice and a mortgage to maintain. He wasn't making a lot of money and his young wife was the product of a wealthy life style. He was constantly reminded by his inlaws that he needed to give their daughter the kind of home she deserved. He tried his best. At 27 he had a lot of responsibility. He had dreamed of becoming a journalist but his parents wanted him to go to law school. They were very convincing and he finally gave in. Actually if he hadn't agreed to go the Law School he would have never met his wife. After becoming friends with her brother, they found themselves in love and planning a wedding after six months. Life was rushing past him almost too fast to keep up with. His days were consumed with working and in the beginning studying for the bar exam. Two years or so had flown by and today he was looking into the eyes of his angel. Could this be enough to put the happiness back in his world? His mother was so sick, his job was exhausting him, he was finding solice in a bottle not to mention the ability to escape all the problems he seemed to have. He wanted to make everyone happy, he always did. It was part of his problem, the more guilt he felt, the more he would seek oblivion in the bottom of a glass.