Yes, because Bai fought his push for the older kids to be put in public school, Bud got custody of them, including their then ~1y.o. who was still nursing.
It’s been a long time since I read the book straight through, so I had a good chuckle remembering the rule about no kissing before engagement, and then only a kiss like you’d give your mother (or however that went).
Now concerning “forgetting”, there are verses like Hebrews 8:12 “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” I guess the question is do we take that literally or poetically?
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