After getting settled in, Grandfather returned and took Grandmother, Mommy Beth, and Daddy Phil to the hospital to visit Mom. Micah had agreed to keep an eye on Jacquelyn, Joey, and myself but we didn’t see too much of her except to bring us a snack of fried, caramelized apple slices topped with crushed walnuts and vanilla ice-cream. Mostly Jacquelyn kept an eye on Joey and me; she sure had grown up a lot since I’d last seen her.
For over an hour I had forgot about all the horrors of that week and was once again happy. We sat at the table laughing and talking while eating our snack.
“Boy I still can’t believe you guys came!” I told them with a mouth full of food; some of which was dribbling down my chin.