#Touilda is so cute and she looks just like her dad

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The Rowntrees Ultimate Decades Challenge - 1372 Summer & Fall

As Sabina grew, she wished more and more for friends. Besides the people she was living with, Sabina didn't see many other people, especially not other kids her age. Her only refuge was helping at the family store, where she could help out by talking to people all day. Most costumers ignored her since children should be seen but not heard, but a few costumers were happy to indulge a goofy and social kid.

In the summer of 1372 Kymmie aged up to an elder. She was lucky to have lived such a long life and was grateful that God gifted her with more time to care for her family. As Kymmie got older, she let go of most of the feisty spirit of her youth, and now prioritized taking care of her family. Kymmie still remembered all the difficult things that had happened to her, and she still got gloomy from time to time, but now she tried to stay concentrated on the present.

Kymmie's age didn't deter her from her decades-long passion for woodworking. Her magnificent craftsmanship continued to keep the store busy and their home flowing with coins.

Kymmie and Sabina had also been getting very close. Sabina's father didn't have much time for her after her mom died, and she was glad to have an adult to spend time with. Sabina admired Kymmie's strength and resilience that came from her age. Sabina always had endless energy until she crashed and burned, and Kymmie's spirit helped calm Sabina down. Mostly, Kymmie and Sabina have both been searching for someone to love them unconditionally their entire lives. Now it looked like they might have found one.

When Edussa was around the family, she put on a mask of happiness. She was happy to have a child to take care of all day, happy that all her energy was going to keep another human being alive, happy that this was her life now until she died in childbirth.

When Edussa was alone, she completely broke down. Her entire life, Edussa was never really sure what she wanted. She thought once she had children, something would click and her passion as a mother would take over. But Edussa was only frustrated with taking care of an infant and hated being weaker than usual after giving birth. She was coming to terms with the fact that being pregnant and recovering from giving birth would take up a lot of her future.

Although she stayed quiet, Kymmie saw Edussa was suffering and helped take care of Touilda as much as she could. Having little Touilda around made Kymmie reminisce about her youthful infatuation with the original Toulida, Edussa's mother. After a string of deaths in her family, Kymmie was heartbroken at the death of her close friend, but now that years have passed, she was able to reflect on that time without being flooded with all the emotions that came with it. Kymmie realized she was glad to meet Touilda, even if their story did not end happily, and was grateful to have had such a wonderful relationship.

Finnian was also very close to Touilda. Edussa was glad to have Kymmie's help in taking care of her daughter, and she knew she should be grateful Finnian was the rare man to cherish all his children, but she was jealous of Finnian's unconditional love. Even though Edussa forced herself to take care of Touilda all day, when Finnian came home from the fields Touilda only wanted him. Seeing the two of them together also reminded Edussa that Finnian would definitely want more kids in the future, a reality she deeply wanted to repress.

Edussa's fears came true. In the fall, Finnian told his wife he wanted more children. To Finnian, Touilda was a beautiful gem, but he wanted a whole bunch of delightful children to fill up their home.

Edussa knew that imagining that future made her want to throw up, but she didn't know how to tell her husband that. How could she be a good woman, a good wife, if she didn't want a family? If she didn't agree to what her husband wanted? So she pretended to be alright with more kids.

Edussa and Finnian continued to try for babies. Edussa always enjoyed the woohoo but feared a pregnancy. Finnian obliviously looked forward to more bundles of joy gracing his doorstep.