Old Lady Is Alone after Only Grandson Disappears a Day before Christmas — Story of the Day

An old disabled lady wakes up alone the day after telling her only grandson to leave her — it left her sad because it was a day to Christmas, but his leaving was for a greater purpose.

William Connis was a 28-year-old man who had two jobs he loved — one was working remotely as an internal auditor, and the other was caring for his disabled grandmother, Julia.

He had moved in with her after she took a fall down the stairs and lost use of her legs. He had always blamed himself for what happened. As far as he was concerned, if he had been there, it could have been prevented.

William loved and respected Julia very much because she and her husband had been the ones to take him in after his parents passed away in a car accident.

“It was a drunk truck driver,” the police had told his granny when they thought he was asleep.

He was determined never to forget that, but Julia and her husband, Todd, had done their best to dispel the rage and sadness in his heart — their love was enough.

Todd was everything to Julia, but when he clocked 75, he had a stroke in his sleep and passed away in her arms. She would always tell him that she knew when it happened, and he couldn’t doubt it because he knew how much they had loved one another.

How could they not? She was the only one he knew who could contain Todd’s tendency to get lost in his imagination. His healthy outlet was through writing, and he excelled at writing books for children.

“They are the salt of the earth,” he would say.

As a child, William would listen to Julia reading him his favorite book written by Todd. Every Christmas, William and Todd would sit by the fireplace and listen to Julia read the book.

Two years after Todd died, Julia had a bad fall while she was climbing down the stairs in the home she shared with Todd. After it was revealed that Julia had lost her legs, William took over taking care of her and got a moving company to move her things to his smaller house.

Amidst the chaos of the move, the book got lost. It would have given them closure with Todd that Christmas but that...