They'd fallen into an easy routine, the three of them. Breakfast together in the morning, then Hughie would leave for work and she and Nell would get started in the house. Lil found she liked having a second shadow, enjoyed showing Nell things, explaining how they worked and why. Nell was a big one for asking why-why did the sun hide at night, why didn't the fire flames leap out of the gate, why didn't the river get bored and run the other way?-and Lil loved supplying answers, watching as understanding dawned on Nell's little face. For the first time in her life, Lil felt useful, needed, whole.

Kate Morton

Tag: inspirational memory the-forgotten-garden

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...if she didn't learn to stop her mind racing on ahead of her she'd end up running into a mountain made of her own imaginings.

Kate Morton

Tag: the-forgotten-garden

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