Kendra Sunderland Here To - Stay

One by one, the walls began to crumble.

Kendra didn’t call his parents. She walked him home herself, three miles through the wind and rain, and handed him over to a frantic mother who had already called the coast guard. The mother hugged Kendra like she was family. kendra sunderland here to stay

“You’re not from here,” said Marv, the diner’s owner, sliding her a second cup. One by one, the walls began to crumble

She never asked for thanks. She never complained. She simply was there—morning after morning, storm after storm. One by one