Forged by Fire (36 page)

In my journey on these foreign seas, I hope the two of us— mother and daughter—can finally make peace with each other. I know it won’t be easy; little between a mother and her child ever is. But the bond between us both is there. Forged in flesh, secured in spirit, and buried in our experi ences, the bond remains.

Janine Cross
has published short fiction in various Cana dian magazines and was nominated for an Aurora Award in 2002. Her nonspeculative fiction has appeared in news papers and a local anthology,
Shorelines
. She has also pub lished a literary novel.