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I pulled the furs up around Onida as she nursed our baby. My arm was around Her shoulders keeping her warm, not that she needed it. When the baby cried for his nightly feeding, I had gotten up, brought him to Onida and put more wood on the fire. I was now resting my eyes while I wanted for him to finish. Onida gave me a nudge. “Wake up. He’s asleep like his father.” I got up and checked the fire. She placed our baby boy back in his basket. She returned to our bed and laid down on the edge. “I know what you are thinking.” The glow of the fire lit up the room as I looked into her eyes. The grin on my face had given me away. Having another child was on my mind. In fact, my feelings for her at that moment, made be think twins. She motioned with her head towards the foot of the bed. “You know that it is not going to happen.” …show more content…

I felt its soft fur as it wiggled towards the top of the bed. Finally, its head popped out. “Daddy.” I stroked her hair. “Go to sleep, Mika.” She smiled and closed her eyes. Onida tucked us in. “We can leave the children with your mother tomorrow if you like and go berry picking in the secret patch.” Mika’s eyes opened wide. “I like picking berries. Can I go too?” My three-year old daughter was wide-awake. “I don’t think we’ll find many berries to pick. There is still a lot of snow on the ground.” “But if there are no berries, why are you going berry picking?” Onida straighten out the furs around us. “It’s a secret berry patch that you’ll discover someday with someone special.” “Oh,” replied Mika. “Then can Daddy take me berry picking when the not so secret berry patch has berries?” “I know a place where the strawberries are as big as my thumb.” I gave her a gentle squeeze. “I’ll take you there when they are ripe, if you shut your eyes,

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