A/N: This is a new drabble series built around Sara's time with her mother. By "series," I mean that each drabble works with all the others to tell a story. It's something of an on-going conversation that I see spanning the time from when Sara arrives at her mother's house until she and Grissom reunite.
I was inspired by the song "Born Too Late" by The Clarks. If you don't know them, don't feel bad. They're essentially a local band from Pittsburgh, but they're big enough to be on iTunes. The lines in italics at the beginning of each chapter are lyrics borrowed from the song.
So, just to make it clear, I don't own "Born Too Late." I also don't own CSI.
Thanks for reading this story. Please let me know what you think!
"What goes up comes tumbling down"
Thirty-six years ago, she became a mother. She gave birth to a beautiful little girl with brown eyes and a gap-toothed smile.
Twenty-three years ago, she became a murderer. She killed an abusive husband with an explosive temper and dangerous fists.
She hadn't realized that one would cancel out the other.
For twenty-three years, she had not been a mother to her daughter.
But, when that daughter appeared on her doorstep, her eyes red-rimmed and full of loss and despair, life handed Laura another chance to be a mother.
She took the young woman's hand, and welcomed her Sara home.