They Planned A Family Reunion At My Beach House—Without Asking

future children come here someday, they’ll be welcomed with embroidered stockings and remembered names and room on every boat.

Because that’s what family does.

Real family. The kind you build with intention instead of inheriting by accident. The kind that shows up.

THE END

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