220 Epilogue 14

[Grandpa's Big Birthday]

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  I can't believe how long it's been. Artem and I have been together just shy of thirty five years. I was about to celebrate my fifty-third birthday. Artem himself was already fifty-eight. Later this year, our youngest children; Elise, Isabelle, and Olivia, were going to be thirty one. Man, time flies.

Between all of our eighteen children, who were all mated and married, we had sixty-three grandchildren. That was a lot to keep track of. The average was three and a half from each of our kids, but since that wasn't a possibility, it was obviously not how it went. However, they ranged from two to five kids each.

Today though, March the fifteenth, was my great great grandfather's birthday. This man, who had been vital in giving useful information back when Artem needed to save me, had tried to save as many of his kids and grandkids as possible, and it was time to celebrate this man.