Across
- 3. Soft armor against the chill of new beginnings
- 6. A relative’s relative, smaller but adored
- 7. Guardian of wonder — protector without parenthood
- 9. Melody mothers hum to out-sing silence
- 10. Daily ritual of nurture measured in ounces
- 12. Fabric guardian between innocence and accident
- 13. Echo of joy, unlearned yet contagious
- 14. First school of empathy — sleepless, sacred, shared
Down
- 1. What remains unshaken when lullabies fade
- 2. Tiny voyager in a wheeled cocoon
- 4. Title earned not by birth but by nurture
- 5. Word for those bound by blood and stories
- 8. Cipher of comfort — sucked, lost, rediscovered endless
- 11. Gentle rebellion of sleep against midnight cries