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"What do you think?" she asked "Do we need another fort?"

I nodded and it took a few o as I had claspedshe wasn’t leaving, and Grams built the fort The sahtmare taunted me

One by one, each and every stuffed ani a wall between me and the world that scared me

"We’ll sew tomorrow," Graood at it," I whispered as I snuggled deep under the quilt she had "

"Life isn’t about perfection It’s about spending tiers ht stitch But Gra Forever there And because of her faith in ether I cherished that tied

She opens her eyes and I freeze, praying she doesn’t see ain and drifts back to sleep But she blinks Again A few more times "Abby?"

My throat locks up and the emotion overwhelms me to the point that tears fill my eyes "It’s me"

Her head moves as she looks about her room "Did you have a bad dreaetting shot,for soo

"Is your father home?" Grams’s mind, when it decides to function at a reasonable level, resides where she iscare of both of us

Graht when Grarow up to be better than him Guess I’m a disappointe seemed pretty serious about that life sentence "I think he needs to work late tonight"

"He’s a coth, but Grams has none She lost the ability to stand on her own"I hoped when he brought you hoes in his life"

I remember Grams before her skin was thin and wrinkles covered so much of her face Her skin is translucent now and her eyes don’t look quite right in her head The past five years have been brutal, for both of us I sit on the edge of the bed and tuck her hair behind her ear "Do you remember e used to dress up and play tea?"