Can we learn a lil more about Sunshine?
She was planned, Ginny was planning on getting pregnant and having a kid. Ginny was extremely diligent about prenatal care and making sure she was keeping herself healthy during the pregnancy. She was so, so excited for this.
Sunshine is Diego's, they can tell because her hair is black at the roots but silver at the ends, kind of like the iconic de Vil black-and-white hair, only her hair is silver instead of white because she has Ginny's magic. Of course, the plan was to raise her with both Anthony and Diego as her dads, and Harriet and Ginny as her mums, the same way Aeden and Faolan were being raised. Diego got so, so, so excited when they found out Sunshine was a girl. He wanted a daughter so much (he loves the boys just as much, of course, he was just thrilled because now they had two boys and a girl.)
Aeden and Faolan were already being pretty good brothers to her. They didn't quite understand the concept of what was going on because they are also babies but they accepted her pretty much instantly. They just know the boys are going to grow up to be such good older brothers.
So far, Sunshine has been a pretty easy baby. She sleeps well, eats well, and she's perfectly healthy, no concerns for any part of her health.
Unfortunately, the malnutrition Ginny has grown up with means she can't feed Sunshine, and there's no formula on the Isle. That's why she needs to send Sunshine away, because it's either that or let her starve. And Ginny is Sunshine's mom, she wants the best life possible for her baby girl. Even if Sunshine having that best life means she has to live a life away from her mother. Besides, the Isle is getting too dangerous to raise a baby on, anyway. Especially when Sunshine is the baby of such a high-profile person, founder and leader of the Silver Cross, former leader of the Forgotten Children Ginny Gothel. And Ginny's "grandmother" is getting kind of weird, Ginny was worried she'd find out about Sunny and react negatively. So Ginny needed to send Sunshine to live with Ginny's birth parents, Sunshine's grandma and grandpa. She'll be safe there, and they'll have the resources to get formula to feed her. It breaks her heart, but she'll do anything for her baby.
And by the way, when Ginny finally gets to visit Sunshine, her baby recognized her immediately. Ginny had been so scared she wouldn't, but the way Sunshine lit up, her joy glowing as brightly as the light she'd been named for, told her that her little girl recognized her mommy. And Ginny definitely didn't cry (she did but Anxelin didn't mention it.)
Seeing the nursery her parents and sister had set up for not only Ginny's baby but for the boys (Jasmine housed Aeden and Faolan with Rapunzel and Eugene because she knows that Harriet and Ginny are together, so Rapunzel and Eugene are basically their grandparents, too,) and she knew she'd made the right choice in sending her baby to live with her family. Sunshine and the boys would be happy there, healthy, safe, cherished as all children deserve to be until they could reunite and be a family again. It was the biggest relief of her life.
And finally, Sunshine's name comes from the fact that she's the biggest, brightest, most beautiful light in her mommy's life. That little girl is loved beyond belief.
