Chapter 6: Paige's childhood

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As Paige walked with her parents she couldn't help but just stare at them. She had missed so many little things about them. The smell of her dad's cologne, the way her mother's hair fell slightly over her eyes. To anyone else they would have been stupid things, but to Paige they were precious memories that she held close to her heart.

"Sweetie, are you okay?" her mom asked her.

Paige nodded. "Yes. Yes, I am more than okay. I've just missed you two so much. There were so many time when I wished that you had been with me and now to be here with you is like a dream."

"Honey we are always with you, even if you can't see us, we are still there," her dad said kissing her forehead.

"Come over here Paige," her mom held out her hand. "Look."

Paige walked over to her mother and looked into the light. She saw her mom and dad, looking very young, visiting the church where Sam and Patty had left her. As her parents entered the church they were met by a nun who had a baby in her arms. Paige watched as the nun handed the baby over to her parents. The moment that the baby was placed in her mother's arms, Paige was overwhelmed with the sense of love and comfort. She watched as her parents laughed and cried as they looked at the tiny baby they would call their own.

"Wow," was all Paige could say.

"Yeah, wow," Paige's mother replied. "I've never forgotten how that moment felt, because every time I see you or think about you I relive the moment all over again."

"We were so happy when we got you. You gave us a reason to live," her dad said.

"I understand now how much you two love me. You never thought of me as someone else's child like I had feared. I always wondered if you wished you could have had a child of your own but now I know," Paige said.

"You are our own child honey. We have always loved you as our own and we always will," her mother said. "I think you need to keep watching."

Paige watched as her parents brought her home for the first time. When the three of them entered her house she had never felt a sense of belonging more than she felt at that moment. She also watched as she put on her girl scout uniform for the first time. The frown on her face said it all. It was obvious she was not happy about the moment and even as she watched right then she wasn't entirely sure how she felt about it.

"Remember how upset you were about becoming a girl scout?" her father asked. "We made you join because we wanted you to become more active with other children."

"I know, but at the time I was so upset with you guys," Paige said with a smile. But then she saw herself coming home from girl scouts with a smile on her face and she remembered that moment exactly and she had to laugh a little. "I can still remember that day. It was the day the girl scouts went up against the boy scouts in camping and I whooped Stevie Martin's butt in putting up a tent."

"I remember that. You were so proud of yourself," her mom laughed.

"You should have known I was going to be a wild child because of that." The three of them laughed at the memory. Through her time with her parents Paige experienced birthdays, report cards-some that weren't so good and others that were- holidays, and most of all an intense love. But before long Paige experienced the event that she had been dreading. The accident that killed her parents.

"I don't want to go through this again," Paige said, turning her head as if that would stop it from happening.

"Paige, you have to. Just remember that we are okay," her mom said.

Paige watched as her parents were ripped from her life. She was overwhelmed with sadness and she felt like her heart was breaking into a million pieces all over again. A single tear trickled down her face only to be wiped away by her father.

"None of that Paige. We don't want you to cry over us. We may be gone from the earth, but we are far from gone. When we died you didn't lean on anyone for support. You needed to deal with this and it took years for you to come to terms with it. Please Paige, don't let that happen again," her father urged.

"Paige, listen to your father. We love you and we will always be with you in your heart, but you need to learn to trust. Don't try to do things all on your own. Just let people in. Let them help you," her mother said.

Paige nodded her head and watched as her parents slowly disappeared just as Sam and Patty had done. She knew she had a problem letting people in, but she didn't know why everyone was urging her to let people help her. What was going to be so bad about returning to her life? What was in store for her and would she be okay? Those questions were about to be answered as she heard another voice behind her.

"Paige?"

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