Blessed doesn't mean your life is cherries. It means even when it isn't you keep at it. Even after you mess up bad, people still want to see you be okay. Nine times your father and I came down her looking for you after you stopped calling. I searched homeless shelters, rehabs, halfway houses. I saw and imagined too much. I started drinking again. 23 years sober until I came down here. You were too young to remember and I didn't want you to know, but the social circles your father runs in; he's a proud man, Darla. It's not the type of thing you talk about. I'm glad we're here. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad your here. We're blessed. We love each other and it is that no matter what kind of love, and Blue is blessed because of Ralph Angel. It's the same kind of love. I can see it in his eyes. He just needs time.

Darlene