I had two strange, parallel moments this Christmas.
Watching slides of all things (yes, you can put them on DVD, but it's still a bloody cliched slideshow and it doesn't make it any cooler) I saw my brother stand behind my sister-in-law and put a hand on her shoulder, ask her quietly, in her ear, if she'd like to sit down.
She reached up and touched his fingers and looked around at him and smiled, and there was that 'lightning bolt' between them.
Behind them, was a photo, of The Man and me at their wedding, looking that same way at each other over our son's head.
In all this mess, I've never felt sadder in my life.
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