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Somebody has to do it, Kerre told me. For most of her life, that somebody was her. Her greatest hope now is that somebody else will continue when she no longer can, because the real inheritance of the Ferguson family has never been land, money or possessions. The real inheritance has always been the willingness to show up, to care and to remain there for each other.

Around that table, future generations of Fergusons will laugh together, argue together, help each other and remain connected without giving much thought to why they do those things. They will simply see it as normal because it is the way their family has always worked. What they may never fully realise is that they are living out lessons passed down over decades, following patterns established long before they arrived and continuing traditions of care, loyalty and responsibility inherited from those who came before them.