Finley Embraces Heart and Home by Anyta Sunday

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery.

K. Mansfield,Journal

Six months later, our sister Julia Bertram-Price is born.

The pregnancy has been high risk.

Mum is in bed recovering.

Ethan and I stand over her bassinette. Our eyes lock as she grabs our fingers, one in each hand, connecting us.

Mum and Julia need us.

And we’ll be here. We’re family. Whānau.

Ethan gets a girlfriend.

I get a boyfriend.