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Maia was too shocked for a moment to speak.  Then tears pricked suddenly at her eyes, but she was (thankfully) able to stop them from coming as she smiled.

That’s amazing, honey!  Of course you’re both welcome, everyone will be thrilled to have you here!  Maia ushered them both in, busily trying to cover the deeper emotion but clearly overjoyed.

She hadn’t thought this possible and had come to accept that her grandchildren would grow up knowing her distantly.  This would have been okay; she had no right to complain.  But the change meant more than she could ever admit, because doing so would undoubtedly reveal the deepest insecurities she held as a mother.

Even now she worried.  Would they regret this?  Moonglow was so much livelier, so much stronger…

Do you need anything? She asked them as she escorted them in, cutting off her inner doubts before they could spiral.  She would just have to make sure they did thrive.