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 Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:43 pm
*Bard grins* And when you had Will? What happened then?
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:50 pm
*Maggie laughs again* Then I discovered that when ye've a baby on yer hip all the time, ye learn te do a great many things with one hand.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:58 pm
*Bard laughs also*
Oh dear. I've had my share of problems in the kitchen, but I admit baby juggling is not one of them.
*Bard gazes at Maggie with admiration* I would never manage in your situation.
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:16 pm
Oh, I'm sure ye'd learn, *Maggie says, then reddens slightly and looks down at her tea. It's all too easy for her to picture him with a child, to imagine ... she quickly cuts off that train of thought.* Much of it ye simply figure out as ye go.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:27 am
*Bard chuckles* I doubt it. I'm lucky I don't cut myself on a butter knife half the time.
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:36 am
Well, it surely does take practice. *Maggie admits, smiling again* I daresay I did have plenty of that.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:00 am
*Bard sips his tea* And your mother even more so. How many brothers and sisters did you have? 20? 30?
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:06 am
Not quite so many, *Maggie replies, laughing once more* Only seven. *she grins and adds* Though there were certainly days where it seemed like thirty.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:08 am
Seven? How did your parents manage to get anything done?
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:18 am
I wonder, sometimes, myself. *She sips her tea, just letting her memory drift back* We all helped, though. Kate and I with the mending and cooking and watching over the little ones. Ned with the planting and tending to the animals. Gil and Beth too, as they grew older.
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:21 am
*Bard leans against the bar, suddenly pensive* I suppose that's the way a family is meant to work, eh?
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:32 am
Aye .. *Maggie replies softly* Would that they all did ..
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:45 am
*Bard gently enfolds Maggie in his arms and holds her silently for a time*
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:02 am
*Maggie sets her tea down as he reaches for her, slipping her arms around his waist to embrace him tightly in return. How painful must his life have been, growing up? It makes her so sad to think of him being so alone.*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:16 pm
*after a moment, Bard asks* Do... do you think I could come visit Will?
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