glue

And when there was a chance the trio could drift apart, Ficken acted as the glue keeping them together.

"My mum's the glue, she's a rock, but she's crumbling. I'm a bit like my dad: stubborn, strong, fight."

He said his wife Katie was "the glue that held all the great elements of our families together".

They glue tiny radio transmitters to their backs and release them.

One afternoon, she invited Brink to her home, where the dining table was set with scissors, glue sticks, stacks of magazines and knickknacks.