Forever or a Long Long Time

Forever or a Long Long Time
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Love is never divided, only multiplied. I hold my breath to keep all the tears inside until I'm safely in the bathroom. Then I turn on the water and I breathe deep deep deep like Dr. Fredrick taught me. I stand there and breathe breathe breathe until the crying stops.
It's not happening again, I tell myself.
It will never happen again.
You have to believe.

It's the only promise Person has ever asked us to make.

She said, "Believe me. Just believe me that I'm here forever. The moving is over. I'm your mom forever," she said. "Just promise me that you'll try your hardest to believe. If you do that, we can get through anything."

So I try my hardest. I tell myself, We're here forever.

And it's true, so far.

Flora and Julian have always been together. Where Julian is good with words, Flora is strong at math. Sometimes Flora has trouble with her speaking, but no matter how many foster homes she and her brother live in, numbers always makes sense. For a long time, it has just been the two of them, one team, always. And now that they have found a forever home, Flora is trying her best to trust and love two more people: her new dad and her new mom, who she calls Person.

But when Person tells Flora there will soon be a new baby in the house, Flora is worried. Person's love divided three ways means less love. Maybe not enough love.

In an achingly beautiful adn poignant story about finding a place to belong and learning what it means to be a family, Flora begins to understand that love is never divided, only multiplied.

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978-0-06-238568-0
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320