This is a sweet story, @fantom22. The family re-uniting at the end is a happy ending.

Be sure to check your pronouns before posting. There are several places in the story where you refer to females with male pronouns, and males with female pronouns. (And we also urge you to use free Grammarly or Google Docs to check for errors.)

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