Knowing he was so close after so long was almost too much to bare. The engine noise disappeared and a car door opened, I heard him step out of the car... the door close and the click as he locked it. The sound of his footsteps grew louder as he walked towards the house, I could see his shadow through the door, it was as though he was growing in front of my very eyes. I opened the door immediately after he knocked, his coffee in my hand and I slowly drank in the sight of him, a big grin on my. She lays on her stomach, and turned on the TV. I took off my own sneakers and laid down next to her. Watching the pointless show she had put on. After a minute or two I heard her softly start sobbing. I leaned over and wrapped my arm around my baby sister, and held her close, petting the hair on her head to comfort her. I said softly in her ear "its okay April, don't cry." She turned and faced me, and I put one arm under her head and wrapped my other arm around her shoulders, and held her. That's just the way she was. She put love into everything. There was nothing she couldn't cook. We hardly ever worried about leftovers at our house. Everyone always ate everything up. Even if she just made a sandwich, it was always better then the one I made and used exactly the same stuff.I remember asking her one time, "Why do your sandwiches taste better? It doesn't make sense. We use the same stuff."She looked me, smiled and said, "I always put love in my sandwiches." It was true,. Her son looked more handsome than ever. He looked now more mature. He'd grown a goatee over the few years they'd been apart. He wore a white polo shirt and navy blue slacks.She's here. She waited for me. God I love her! Jake said silently.It took a few seconds until either of them moved. Jake ran to her with open arms and Lucinda held her arms open to her son. He wrapped his arms around her and they held each other so tight."You made it. Oh God you really made it!" Lucinda cried."I've been.