By Staff Feature
Three months after a divorce, a mother set out to preserve a sense of normalcy for her five-year-old daughter as the holidays approached. Determined to keep the season comforting, she spent several late nights decorating their new home with lights and ornaments.
One evening, she returned to find the decorations destroyed. Strings of lights were missing, ornaments were scattered across the yard, and a small keepsake—an ornament marked with her child’s thumbprint—was cracked on the porch. Muddy footprints led to the neighboring house.....
