People Mocked Me When My Card Got Declined While I Was Holding My Baby Granddaughter—Then a Voice Behind Me Said, ‘Ma’am. You With the Baby’

A few days later, Michael insisted again on hiring the nanny, and this time I accepted.

Her name was Patricia, and she was wonderful.

For the first time since Sarah left, I could rest. I could actually breathe.

Sometimes, I still think about that day in the grocery store, about how cruel strangers became background noise and one stranger became family.

And every Thanksgiving since, I bring a homemade pie to Michael and Rachel’s house, just like the one they brought to mine that very first time.