Saffron and I rushed around the weekend before Zowy started her first day of school. I bought her and Zach their school supplies, while Saffron dressed them in the best clothes possible.
The years seemed to have flown by and soon Saffron and I were hitting middle adulthood. We had no clue that a night of celebration could turn almost deathly in seconds.
Everything went crazy so fast, I’m still not sure what happened that night. One minute we are in the middle of the Happy Birthday chorus to Saffy and the next everyone is screaming and smoke filled the room.
Luckily, we had enough of my fellow firefighters there to help put out the flames. When the smoke settled, I made sure all the children were accounted for. Saffy was badly burned in the flames and had to be rushed to the ER.
She was forced to stay in the burn unit for several months, which left me to tend to the kids, alone. I visited her every night, and watched her heal.
When Saffron finally got to come home, we started trying for that last baby again.
The risk of another fire didn’t worry us as Zach’s 13th birthday drew closer. We couldn’t take away his opportunity for a party just because we worried about him. He aged into a very handsome teenager. Compared to my pictures at 13, we could have passed as twins. I definitely couldn’t deny him as my son.
Finally, after years of trying, Saffron finally became pregnant with our last child.
It only took one year in high school before Zach was bringing home a girlfriend. Emerson was a beauty, but her family was dirt poor and her cloths showed it. Zach begged his mom to help fix her.
Saffron refused to see a doctor, she thought she knew everything about being pregnant and wanted to have the child natural without the help from doctors. As she grew bigger and bigger I begged her to go. I thought for sure something was wrong with her.
It didn’t take long before we found out why she had been so huge.
Find out next time what happened to make Saffron’s pregnancy be different from her prior pregnancies.
August 28, 2010
Kayla
Kayla
dlegrow
4 responses to “Birthday Fires”
TWS1996
August 29th, 2010 at 01:40
Oooo!! I sense multiples coming along
!! Zach has gone from cute to handsome, but I feel sorry for Saffy when she was on fire.
Great Chapter XD !!
seaweedy
August 29th, 2010 at 08:38
I’m so glad Saffron recovered.
dustydreamer
September 4th, 2010 at 23:12
Oh how scary the fire was, I was afraid Saffron would die or someone else might. T.T Glad to see her okay and now pregnant! Yay! I sense multiples as well. ~.^
Zach is a hottie and Emerson is beautiful too! I cant wait to see where their relationship will go. ^^
dlegrow
September 5th, 2010 at 21:33
Aww Zach and Emerson–so cute! Great update Kayla. I’ve been at a horse show this past week, and sick, and starting school this week, so don’t be offended that I’m sort of MIA. On to read the next chapter now.