"That was hard that day. We got this one of the five of us as well as the entire family. I'm very happy Lillian had all of these." Talia sighed and put an arm around her daughter. whispering so the girls wouldn't hear. "You don't have to be the strong leader anymore. You can be you again." She decided no to comment on the last comment as she knew it would upset her daughter all the more.
She smiled at first but then cringed at the use of her new title not yet used to it. "I'm their grandmother, I'm supposed to be." She gave her daughter a wink as she sipped at her own tea. "I even have two little beds for when they stay overnight at Grandma's to give Mommy and Daddy some pup free time."