- Jace -

Today had been weighing heavily on all of our minds, the day we finally said goodbye to

Aunt Alora.

We all stood in silence, our head's bowed as we stood on the beach, the golden sands underfoot as we gave thanks to the moon goddess. Gave thanks for her presence in our lives.

Mum had made one request for today, that it doesn't close on a sad note...but on a happy one.

She has lost half of her soul, half of her heart.

I know it because that is how I would feel if I ever lost Jaxon or Josie. We aren't just siblings, we are one of the same.

Connected by more than blood, connected by a triplet bond...something Mum also shared with Alora. Not just sisters, but twin sisters.

Granted, they didn't even know of each other, their bond only connecting when they were in their adult lives. But that connection, once made, cannot be undone.

Not even by death.

Mum will now forever be a half of herself. She will never recover from this.

It was fair to say that Mum's retirement started today, that the ceremony planned

at short notice for Josie and Knox this evening is the happy note she needed to end the day on.

about more

than using the Clear Waters

in the sky, yet the sun still held

glistening waters offering a sparkling wonder to where we were sending Alora, on a small wooden raft

her back into the ground, we were sending her

was to send a fire-lit arrow into the waters,

in white, her hair plaited like a Greek goddess, free flowing down by her shoulders. Gold leaves planted into her hair, like a crown for

her into their hearts, been the family

over her torso, a bouquet of white roses tied together in her hands.

to her, her hands resting

last goodbye. Until they were reunited once

now the last part, the

of them remaining living, the other returning back to the moon goddess. This was the hardest part of all, relinquishing

the love of the mother she never met,

broken for eternity, Chan had gone to hell, orif the moon

have at least honoured decisions made

to

a last goodbye before launching her

tranquil peaceful waters.

had belonged

watch, in silence as the raft moves further out to

step forward, lighting an arrow with the flamed

the

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