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Bronwen

“Oh, come here, sweetheart.”

“Aw, mom!” He says, making a disgusted face at me, but that does not stop me from pulling him in for a hug anyway.

I have missed my babies like crazy since they moved out of our home to move into the packhouse. Even though Ollie is still around all the time, he is busy working with his father, so I never really get to see him. And surprisingly Katie has not been back home since she left.

I get that she is probably enjoying her independence and making new friends. Things like that. But it still sucks for me because I miss her so much. I do not think these children realize how you carry them for all those weeks and months inside of you, as close as you can get to another human being. Then you raise them for eighteen years, seeing them every day, seeing their faces, hearing their voices. I have not gotten to touch my baby in days upon days.

Which is why I am holding on so tightly to Ollie, practically holding him hostage in my arms. “Mom..” He
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