Bonded: Tried and Tested
Life’s great, isn’t it? I think so. I had a son who had friends that never left him alone. I had a wife who was my everything, the very pulse of my existence, and I had a beautiful little girl. One that took after both my younger sisters as a prankster and a healer. Both my kids were happy, healthy, and wholesomely connected to each other. We never did tell Saffron he was born to protect his sister. That was something Ruby and I agreed on – letting him be a child until we couldn’t anymore. Every weekday morning, Rio and Tatiana gathered the others their age to get ready for another day of school. Though a few were younger by a year or two, they hung out, guarded each other, and held space for strength in silence. When words weren’t enough, presence was, and it was a lesson each child un
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