There she was, Allison, swinging by the woods. I knew I’d find her here. She was always here, swinging on the swings. I asked her one time why she always swung on the swings everyday. She said her and her dad used to come and swing on the swings everyday. Before her dad died, he told her to keep swinging on the swings that he’d always be there with her. She said its the only place where she can still feel him. His presence was always there right with her. I can relate to that. My mom and I used to walk every to the mountain overlook by our house every moning. That’s the only place I can feel her presence. It’s like she’s still there holding my hand. I can feel her other places too but the overlook is where I feel her most clearly. Sometimes I go and swing with Allison but I know its the time she uses to remember her dad so I only go if she waves me over. She waved me over today so I went and sat on a swing. She asked me if I had a place where I could still feel my mom. I told her about the mountain overlook and how I go there every morning just like she comes here. She said she’d never been so I told her if she wanted, I’d take her sometime. She said she’d like that. The next morning when I got to the overlook, she was there. She smiled and said she wanted to be at the overlook like I was everyday when she got to the swings. I didn’t know what to say and I guess I never really put any thought to it. It just became a habit, I wanted to make sure she got there safe. I told her I was just looking out for her. She said maybe she wanted to do that too. After that, we started going to the overlook every morning and the swings every afternoon together. We looked out for each other and shared our burdens. We became best friends and if I’m being completely honest, maybe even a little bit more.