My Granddaughter Returned a Diamond Ring at Target. The Next Morning, Her Mother’s Secret Family Came to Our Door.

She asked whether he had been in pain.

I told her the doctors had worked to keep him comfortable.

She asked whether he would be buried near her mommy.

I said I didn’t know, but we could ask Natalie.

“Am I supposed to cry?” she asked after a while.

“You can cry if you feel like it,” I said.

“You don’t have to.”

She thought for a moment.