With no plan, they find their way to a house of three sisters and reluctantly are invited to stay with them. Towards the end of the book, T-Ray, Lily’s father, comes back to find her and he experiences a lot of emotion when he comes out of his comfort zone. T-Ray begins to call Lily her mother's name and drops a knife from his hand out of realization, (Monk Kidd 294-295). After this part, Lily realizes that her father actually loved his wife and that he hated it when she was gone. This example from Lily’s story represents how her perception of her father changed after realizing that he is only human and he loved his wife just as much as Lily, that he was mistaking his daughter for her. Viewing parents differently as people grow older can help them go through relationship challenges and build friendships off of relationships with a parent or parents. Grief occurs when loss has been experienced and the loss of something important causes one to create problems or solve them instead. Romeo and Juliet is a very well-known play and book written by William Shakespeare that centers around a love