Dana Stabenow

Pride welled up in her. Kate didn't recognize it at first, but that's what it was, pride in her grandmother and in her grandmother's determination to make things right. She was a solid presence in a world that crumbled around the edges a little more everyday, like a rock on the beach, something to hold on to When The Woman Who Keeps The Tides tried to pull you out at sea, something to hold on to while you waited for Calm Water's Daughter to succeed the storm.