Select the sentence from the excerpt that best supports the idea that the narrator appreciates the negative events that led him to meeting his wife.

although the three years stretched to four-and-a-half, when i graduated, my first wife of two years, whose name i had not forgotten since that first day at tri-valley , was made by my side and expecting our first daughter. mainly was its own unique challenge, especially after twins came along halfway thru. we purchased are first house the year they turned six, after i landed a residency at tri-valley. but we slept in a nearby hotel for the first two months of home ownership because of a burst pipe that flooded our bedrooms the week we moved in. looking back , i suppose my life started with that letter.