Stone Circle The beauty that they bring

“I’m going to try.”

She had resolved to do what was right by her children, to allow them a happy youth, to protect them from external pressures, the same ones that had wrenched her too quickly from her own childhood. And it was the same thing she wanted for Skáld, to give him a foundation that wouldn’t shake, that he might be able to lead himself with confidence knowing he had family that was beside him always.

“Thank you, Gunnar,” she shifts, breathing the thick summer air. “Swimming and hunting for plants! Sounds like a fun vacation to me,” she barks, though could only hope Skáld would agree.