root-book

"Remember this moment child," she whispered against the baby''''s skin, kissing its small fingers, red from the cold. "You are our salvation, my Della. You are our future. I love you more than all the stars that smile down on you in the sky each night. We will meet again in The Great Beyond, do not doubt that." She sat up, looking at the tree and nodded. "Thank you," she whispered, her voice cracking as she rose to her feet.