It is a time of both great rejoicing and sadness.
Elf, the last of our children, is now 18 years old.
He married his beloved, Sage, daughter of Wise and Tikina. I remember when Sage was born, how she was one of my best students. Little did I realize that one day I would also call her; daughter. Now Ali and I await the birth of their first child.
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Yet it is a sad time.
For my eldest sister Risa has died. She was 76 years old. Asher had died the year before. She leaves behind four children; Rosa, Kava, Fatu, and Bau. Tikina is only a few years younger and hopes to live long enough to see her daughter Sage and Elf’s baby. I am now 67, the triples Chief Flame, Fiery, and Fire 65. Even baby sister Leila is now 58. So we are all getting up in years
It seems just like yesterday we were all children, playing hide and seek Amoung the fruit trees. Now we are watching our grandchildren to do as we grow older and ever closer to sleeping with our fore fathers.
Risa’s daughter Rosa was the first of my students. A bright girl, she thought me rather mean. At one point, she was ready to find another teacher. But her mother wisely advised her teenage daughter to just be patience and work through the difficulty and she would the better for it. And it was true. Together Rosa and I worked through our problems and Rosa quickly master the skills needed in the Lab. I remember my own feeling of harsh I had thought my late Grandmother Lei had been, so I understood how the girl felt. But Rosa needed to know the risk and dangers as well as the joy.
As I had to. Together Rosa and I worked through our problems and Rosa quickly master the skills needed in the Lab.
Her younger brother, Bau did not. He refused to work with me and ran off to learn farming. That didn’t work either and Bau grew to hate learning anything. At 28, he has yet to master any needed skill and can be found swimming, eating or relaxing.
Rosa’s first potion was a great surprise. One part Tiger Lily, two part Golden Berries. She took a sip and suddenly found herself with a bad case of hiccups. The next taught Rosa the importance of listening to directions. I wanted three part rose petals for an upcoming wedding. Instead Rosa gathered three part Golden Berries and to my horror (I learned a lesson that day as well; double check students potions before I let them out the Lab) the groom was Paralyzed. Thankfully, he recovered before the wedding.
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Life is hard. So put on your big girl panties and deal with it.