Picnic

VIVIENNE

"Stay where I can see you!" I called after the twins, though I doubted they even heard me.

As we passed through the first activity which was the trust fall, I reminded the kids not to wander too far. But they were already off, running ahead to explore all the other activities. I tried to keep up, but their energy was limitless, and I quickly found myself lagging behind.

Ezekiel walked beside me, taking it all in stride. He glanced at me and smiled.

"Take it easy. Let them enjoy themselves,” he told me.

“I’m just worried they would hurt themselves or something,” I reasoned out.

But he just smiled cooly. “Isn’t that part of growing up?”

I raised an eyebrow at his statement. I felt the urge to counter him, to say that he just couldn’t understand what it was like to be so overprotective of Vince and Vera because he wasn’t there from the start. He didn’t know the sleepless nights, the constant worry, the overwhelming responsibility of raising them on my own.

But as the words