"Are you okay?” Kate asked from behind her. She had been so lost in thought that she hadn't even heard her sister walking behind her on the hardwood floor.
"Yeah. I was just… reminiscing, I guess."
Kate walked up beside her and stared in the direction that Mia was looking. "What’s behind that door?”
Mia blew out a breath. "That's Momma’s private office. I just haven't been able to make myself walk through those doors since she died."
Kate put her arm around Mia’s shoulders and squeezed. "Are you thinking about going in now?"
"I don't know. One minute I think I'm ready and the next I want to run straight out into the hills back there."
Kate smiled. "You know, big sisters are here for things like this. Why don't we do it together?"
Mia thought for one moment longer. “Okay.”
She regretted it as soon as she said it, but she decided it was time. Something about that office was calling her, just like her momma was telling her from heaven that it was okay to start moving on.
They approached the door, and Mia stopped. "You know, a lot of times when somebody dies, It's like they were never here. The generations just move on, and before you know it nobody even remembers that person. I don't want that to happen to Momma. She was too special. And I think generations after us should remember her, but I don't know how to make that happen."
Kate nodded. "We'll figure it out. One step at a time."
Mia nodded before reaching down and turning the door handle.
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