Honestly if my entire body of work is forgotten tomorrow but I do a good job being there for them, that's okay by me.
It's a weird thing, how priorities shift over time. How one day a wife and a hound & a feisty ginger cat are your best friends and you'd throw the rest of your life in the garbage if that made them secure. And, more importantly, how that wouldn't even seem like a bad trade if it came to it, because they bring so much in return. I'm glad I have them to love. I am grateful for it