family ties

meeting Christian

It's been a few weeks since the bone marrow transplant had taken place
Christian's step mom called me on the phone
And told me Christian was doing really well
I asked Courtney if it was okay for me to come up and visit and bring Francesca by so she could meet her brother. When Courtney gave me the green light, l called my daughter Lena on the phone and told her I spoke with Courtney about Francesca coming with me, Lena says Francesca is looking forward to meeting Christian.
I know next weekend she'll be going to Los Angeles for the spelling bee championship
I got myself together and headed over Lena's to pick up my granddaughter
Part of me feels bad Andrew has to grow up without a father and the logic part of me feels like David got exactly what he deserves for what he did to Lena,
I can't help but to think about McKenzie
How she react over what the father of her children did to her big sister. There's not a single day that goes by that McKenzie has been on my mind, l drove up to Lena's house and see her outside watering her flowers. I turned off the car and walked up the pathway, l hate what David did to Lena
She won't even step on the property of New Haven's children's home. A place we're she built from the ground up, Lena notices my presence instantly mama come on inside
I just made a pitcher of ice tea with lemon
She says to me. I sit down at the kitchen table, sweetheart how's things been going
I know we haven't spoken over the phone in a week Margaret asked Lena. Lena pours our drinks in the glasses, l found a new location for the group home in the suburbs. A quiet neighborhood Lena explains, as she sat the drinks down in front of me
Are you sure moving into another house is the best option I'm just worried about how those kids are going to adjust in a new place. Margaret said to her daughter
Mama you know l can't go back to work
After everything that happened to me there
Plus this new house is bigger and has a lot of space, it has fourteen bedrooms and five bathrooms. I know it's going to be a huge adjustment for the children, Lena said
So where are the girls and Stef at Margaret asked. Well Francesca upstairs getting dressed, as for Stef Hope and grace went to Walmart. She's getting a kiddie pool for them, cause it is getting rather hot Lena states. I'm glad Francesca's gonna get a chance to meet her brother Christian.
I tell Lena, who agrees with me
She's been talking about it non stop
Lena explained. Francesca came downstairs dressed up in a pair of tan cargo pants with a nice shirt on, she came into the kitchen and greeted me. I got up from the table, we shouldn't be gone too long Lena. We'll be back before 5
Margaret says to Lena, Francesca hugs Lena. We leave out the door, and walk down to the car. I unlocked the doors so Francesca could get in, so we got in
Buckle up our seat belts. I stuck the key in the ignition and pulled out the parking spot
Francesca was looking out the window. We rode through town seeing the shops
Museums and so on, the whole ride was quiet. Nana l hope you don't mind
I brought Christian something Francesca told me. I'm sure he'll love whatever got him Margaret says to Francesca,