Sara

"I've never been here," I commented to Mom as we walked into the little bistro we'd spotted from the park.

At the beginning of the afternoon, I hadn't really been sure of what was going to happen or how I felt about it all, but that had changed over the course of the day. We'd spent the afternoon walking around the park and reminiscing on all of our good family memories.

I had really needed this more than I had realized. For the first time since ...