I received word yesterday that Mickey's (my step-mom) mom was dying. I knew she hadn't been doing to well but hearing the enevitable was like taking a dagger to the heart. Mrs. Seaton came into my life 12 years ago. When my dad introduced us to Mickey and said they were going to get married, the Seaton family took us in as their own. Leah was barely a year old when dad and Mickey were married. Mr. and Mrs. Seaton lived just a few miles from dad and Mick so we saw them often. Anytime we had a get together at dad's they would come over. The Seaton's fell in love with Leah and that warmed my heart. Mrs. Seaton was always very kind and loving towards me as well.
A few years later she had a sudden stroke that affected her speach. She could no longer talk. Even through that I knew she still cared about me when I was around her. I could see the saddness in her eyes to not be able to communicate normally.
