Circles

It’s no surprise to her.

Not the first one anyway. But then another? And fresh on the heels of those two, yet one more?

For Rory it’s all rather overwhelming. And what of the way she takes it all in stride? That perplexes him. Not one, not two, but three! But those three bring a continuous buzz of excited, cheery activity. It threatens to burst the walls of their little blue house. It’s infectious! And so, Rory often can be seen laughing, laughing aloud at the mayhem. And at times, he chuckles quietly to himself at his good fortune, his raw luck at having stumbled into this wonderful chaos. And so, soothed, Rory settles in to become who he has always been meant to be.

Then, without warning, two of them are gone.

Although saddened, Afri’na again is stoic. As she had with their astonishing arrival, so too does she accept their sudden departure as nothing less than preordained. But Rory, he loves his ‘them kids’ with every ounce of himself.

When they arrived from somewhere out of the blue Afri’na lit the way for him. But now, now they’re gone. Will he be able to follow her lead this time?