It has been nearly twenty five years since that faithful day. The day when, with your guidance, your children had successfully defeated their inner demons. A lot had happened since then. Adagio went to college to become a psychotherapist. She graduated at the top of her class and since become one of the rising stars in the psychology world, helping hundreds of patients world wide. She was raking in six figures monthly.
Aria had grown up to become a successful veterinarian, opening not one, but three separate practices. While she certainly wasn't pulling in the amount of money her big sister was, she had a job she loved more than anything else. She worked nearly sixty hours a week running each of the clinics and yet she was the happiest girl alive.
Sonata had, funnily enough, become a college professor of philosophy and science. She had matured quite a bit later in life and found a love learning. Once she became a teenager she spent almost hours of the day reading any book she could get her hands on.
"Reminiscing again I see?" a voice from behind him said
"I'm just so damn proud of them ya know?" he said "I miss them. Don't you Sunset?"
Sunset sat next to him
"I do too. I wish they would come to visit us now and again."
"Well Christmas is just around the corner."
Anon turned his head to the scrapbook, on top of it lay the Popsicle frame that he and Aria made all those years ago at the pool.
"What do you say we take a trip down memory lane together?" he asked, point to the scrap book
Sunset happily obliged, opening it to the first page. The first few pictures where that of the first summer they shared. They ended up going camping for a week. Aria was as grumpy as usual while Sonata couldn't have been more pleased. The top picture showed a scowling Aria sitting next to a ecstatic Sonata.
"I miss bubbly Sonata." Anon remarked "As a pain as she was, she's so boring nowadays."
"That comes with growing up I suppose."
The next picture showed Aria trying to tend to butterfly with a broken wing. It was this moment when Aria really did find her passion in animals. They flipped through the next few pictures. Puberty hit poor Sonata so hard. It was like she had the body of a woman within two weeks. During that time she began to wear heavy jackets to hide her assets. It was until her late teens that she finally got the confidence to wear normal clothes again.
They flipped to one of Anon's favorite pictures: Adagio's first day of college. Dagi had trimmed her poof by quite a bit, to the point where she could put it up in a bun. She wore a bright purple hoodie with matching shorts. She had the biggest smile on her face while he had tears streaming down his face. Sunset giggled.
"Remember that? It took you nearly an hour to stop blubbering once she left for college."
"I couldn't help it. She just makes me so damn proud."
"You are such a Sentimental Sally you know that?"
They flipped a few more pages. Another great photo: the day Anon and Sunset married. It was a huge group photo of all their friends. Even Princess Twilight found a way to attend. Sunset had made Adagio the brides made and she nearly fainted during the ceremony. She was such a worry wort that girl.
"You were so beautiful in that dress." he said
"If only I was as beautiful now."
"As if. You've only grown in beauty since that day."
Sunset smile and gave him a big kiss.
Life was perfect.