He apologized to his grandmother—truly, sincerely. Over time, I saw him become someone new.
Two years later, he walked up my mother’s front steps again. Now nearly a man, about to graduate high school with honors, he held a bouquet in his hands.“I’m sorry, Grandma,” he said softly.
She smiled and opened her arms.
And for the first time in a long time, I saw the boy I raised—and the man he was becoming.