- 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

Clear Waters to send Alora's body back

in the sky, yet the sun still held its heated gaze upon the

waters, as always, were tranquil. The glistening waters offering a sparkling wonder to where we were

her back into the ground, we were sending her out to

the best shot amongst us, her task was to send a fire-lit arrow into

Greek goddess, free flowing down by her shoulders. Gold leaves planted into

had taken her into their hearts, been the family she had needed for such a long

of white roses tied together in her hands. She looked peaceful, she

to her, her hands resting upon hers

her last goodbye. Until they were

made...it was now the last part, the final act of

other returning back to the moon goddess. This was the hardest part of all, relinquishing her body...her soul had already left us. Her

love of the mother she never met, I have

Chan had gone to hell, orif the moon

she would have at least honoured decisions made in her living

to

last goodbye before

tranquil peaceful waters.

belonged

watch, in silence as the raft moves further out

forward, lighting

the

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