"Dear Lena,

I know this is the end of my chapter, the end of my life but I have to write this to you while I can, while I am not going to lose my mind completely. I just know one thing for sure; I would never forget you Lena, I would never forget the first time I saw you in Jenna and Kelly's apartment, I would never forget the way your eyes shine every time you see me or the way your skin feels against mine. It may seem that sometimes I forget but is just momentarily Lena; I would never forget you or our children or grandchildren.

Now that my life is coming to an end everything that we went through is coming to my mind, and is a long story Lena because I am 70 years old. The times playing soccer and baseball with my dad, my arguments with my parents because I was different, the first time I saw you, the birth of our twins and the start of our relationship, our tiny apartment, that it was really small for two adults and two energetic toddlers; meeting Mariana and fostering her, wanting to save that poor little girl and also adopting Jesus, all the trouble the four of them made and then Frankie was born and she was so like you that like with you I felt in love with her immediately and how we suffered a lot when she was diagnosed with severe asthma. You remember? Of course you do, you spent all the night crying while holding her into your arms or as much nights as possible in the hospital giving her support but she is strong like her mama and she recovered from all her attacks and she returned to being the kind little girl she was when we took Jude home, that sweet boy that even if he has suffered the dead of his parents and was beaten by his foster parents he was kind and loved us with all his heart.

Can you believe that our dream became true? We had a beautiful home (not house, never house) that we filled with children, our children Lena: Callie and Brandon that are now 49 and successful people, Jesus and Mariana at the age of 47 and 45 has done so much and changed so much, Frankie and Jude, our little ones that are not so little anymore at 41 and 42. All perfect, because of you and because of me, because we did great Lena, you just have to see how great they are with their own children.

I still remember the day the twins graduated, it was the first time that Callie was nervous about what to wear and she spent three days driving us mad with dresses and tiaras and matching flowers with Angelica. And Brandon was just worried about his relationship with Lou that was in jeopardy but they looked perfect at the end and their smiles were beautiful. Brandon was first of his piano class and had straight A's except for two subjects and the teachers congratulated his solidarity with the school and Lou was the loudest cheering at him and Callie was the first in her class, straight A', Angie crying waiting to grab her diploma. Our artists graduated and they had university confirmations. You remember how beautiful they looked at their graduation dance? Callie was in a flowing pink dress with white flowers on her hair and huge black high heels and Brandon in his black suit with pink shirt and they were both sooo in love with their girlfriends. You remember how I used to say it was just teenage love? How innocent I was.

You cried so much when we took B to the airport, you didn't lose his hand until he was almost at the plane and Callie, that was going to be one more week with us, cried too even If she was going to be in Rhode Island and could see him more than us, but they had been together all their lives, literally.

And the day Mariana was graduating she was also giving her class speech, proud and eloquent like always. I was just happy because our little girl was healthy and in a good environment, thanks to us, we did something good Lena, and she was the best at the STEAM program, also one of the best at the dance team that earned her a scholarship to Yale and her smile that day never left her face even if she was suffering a break up. I remember how mad I was with Mat but you calmed me, you always had calmed me. She was happy because she has her whole family there to cheer for her and had entered into MIT.

You remember that I cried when Jesus graduated? He did exactly how I expected him to do, he did it with great marks and he was excellent in sports and drawing and he surprised us when he was going a professional wrestle and went to Arizona with his family. How proud I am of him, now an architect, even if he made me have a heart attack when he told us that Emma was pregnant with Aiden, but thank god they kept him, how I love my grandchildren.

And my poor Frankie, she had leukemia at 16 but she is a fighter like you and with our love and support she could fight it. It was hard for me, seeing her so fragile, so small in that hospital bed with vials on her veins and that awful white color. I remember our fight when you accused me of not loving our daughter because I was not by her side at the hospital and I realized that I never gave you my answer and I want to do it before I forget: I was scared that she would die while I was watching her, I was scared that she was going to get worse when she was at my care and I know is selfish, I know is not what a good mother would do but I was desperate. And thank god for you, Angie, Callie and Marcus for staying with her and all you did and thank god for that new treatment that saved our baby girl's live. We did a good job Lena and we are good mothers, I hope you realized that on your own because I know Frankie did, she told me when she was pregnant with Allie.

I know is going to be hard for you to live with a woman that would not remember you or your children and I know is going to be hard when the time comes and I die and left you alone but you would survive Lena, you have to because you have to take care of our grandchildren and our kids and live, do all the things that we didn't have the time to do. Just remember our first day, our first love making, the birth of three of our six kids, all the adoption days, our wedding, the wedding of our children, the birth of all of our twelve grandchildren, the first time they called us nana and grandma and all the times I said I love you.

Remember Lena, for me, for us, for our family.

And make me remember but you never forget that I love you; I was and still am happy Lena, my love, my everything.

Love you forever, even if I don't remember,

Stephanie Marie Adams Foster"

That letter was by now filled with tears, new and old. Lena Elizabeth Adams Foster was reading the letter to her oldest grandchildren and they were crying too.

At 72 Lena knew she was lucky: she found love, have six children, twelve grandchildren and another three on their way and had a beautiful live with her wife, the love of her life, but right now her heart was breaking on Stef's first anniversary since her death. It has been 3 years with Alzheimer, 3 years that Lena has taken care of her: woke her up with kisses, making her laugh, reading their story to her, giving her medicines and encouraging her to see their family but after 2 years it increased and Stef forgot about everyone except Lena and couldn't do anything by herself so Lena took her to an asylum where they let her live with her wife, sleep in the same room and be with her until her final day. Stef died in Lena's arms surrounded by their family but the most important thing is that she remembered all of them and died with a smile on her face, happy.

And now Lena was in their big old home with all her family: Callie and Angie with their three children (Lucy that is 17, Colleen that is 14 and Luke that is 11), Brandon and Lou with their two children (David that is 19 and Paul that is 15), Mariana and Mat with their two children (Ivy that is 12 and Sean that is 5) and starting the process to adopt their third child, Jesus and Emma with their two children (Aiden that is 27 and Amelia that is 18), Jude and Noah with their precious girl Vivienne and Frankie and Marcus with their two children (Alison that is 10 and Melvin that is 7) and are expecting twins soon.

And she was indeed happy even if her heart would always feel empty because she doesn't have Stef by her side but she can see her in the hazel eyes of David, Paul and Collen, she can see her in Melvin and Amelia's personality so passionate about their family, about friends or about love, both their grandchildren like sarcasm and are very funny just like her Stef was. And she would always remember their moments together that are immortalized in all the photos of their home, in all of their children.

When all the members of her family goes to their places or to sleep in one of the now guest rooms of her house Lena cry in her bed, hugging Stef's pillow and talking to her: I am doing as you wished my love, I am traveling around the world thanks to our children living in different states, I am going out with Bette, Tina and the rest of our friends and I am doing a lot of volunteering like we always wanted to do but I remember Stef, I remember…

…that is not where you come from…is where you belong and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I love you my love, and I belong with you.

The end

AN: I know, I know, it kind of sound sad but it is not, Stef and Lena lived happily ever after, Stef died happy and Lena learns to live always remembering Stef. This is the end, if you want to see more about this family, tell me and I would do one-shots or whatever.