“I didn’t have the heart to clean out Carla’s room when she left. I always hoped that one day she would come home, and I wanted everything to be the way she left it.” Ms. Wilson explained to me as I followed her out of Raven’s bedroom to the living room.
“I understand how hard it must have been on you, and I am truly sorry for your loss.”
Ms. Wilson moved at that moment to take a seat in her recliner chair, as she said to me, “I am grateful that my granddaughter has you and your brothers in her life. I was so worried that she wouldn’t fit in here and wanted to leave me too, but she seems to be adapting well thanks to all of you.”
“There is no need to thank me. Raven is very special to me, and I would do anything for her.”
A soft smile formed on Ms. Wilson’s face, before she said to m
