Kimberly Reid

But it was awkward, as you can imagine.

And I think we did what a lot of families do at times like that.

You just kind of fall back on tradition.

wanted to do something that my mom and dad had always done every year.

Because, you see, it was my father's birthday.

He had passed away 20 minutes before his 65th birthday.

So we all went to Applebee's.

And we got a slice of sizzling apple pie.

put a candle in it, and my brother Mark, who really worshiped my father, got the honor of blowing out the candle.

And when he was blowing out the candle, I still remember the expression on his face.

He was trying to process my father's passing.

He was figuring out why it had been so long that the two of us hadn't talked, something that really frustrated him.

And it was just all kind of coming together.

I took a business card out of my purse.

It was for this job that Mark didn't even know I had.

I had my new name on it.

And I wrote my cell phone number on it.

And I gave it to Mark.

I said, look, you know, we haven't talked for so long.

But here, anytime, anyplace, no barriers, call me anywhere, you know, we can talk anytime you want.