Getting lost in Munich's Christmas market was supposed to be a minor detour, not a complete life transformation.My vacation is meticulously planned-four countries, two weeks, and a return to Chicago where I'll figure out what's left of my derailed career. The Christmas market is just another checkbox on my tightly scheduled itinerary. But when I literally lose my way among the twinkling stalls, a handsome ornament maker with skilled hands and kind blue eyes comes to my rescue. And suddenly, everything I thought I wanted begins to unravel. He creates beauty that lasts for generations. I've built a life around disposable achievements. With my tour group moving on to Vienna, and my real life waiting back in Chicago, I'm faced with an impossible choice: the safe, predictable path I've always followed, or a leap of faith into a love I never saw coming. Some connections are too precious to abandon, even when they require changing everything you thought you knew about yourself.