The Caregiver

I don’t know if anyone on here has ever had interactions with this woman, but I can’t seem to get her out of my mind. This isn’t any ordinary woman, and no, I’m not referring to her like that because I am romantically interested in her. She was a caregiver for me two decades ago when I was but a child, but since I last saw her, everything she had fell into decay. She lived out on a ranch and lived in a ranch home and would care for me and a few other children while our parents were away. She was an important person in my life and sometimes around Halloween I would see her come by my house with her grandchildren and they would ask for candy. But I had not seen her in many years and was curious recently as to her whereabouts. I decided to make the short fifteen-minute drive down to her estate from my house and went to go and see what became of that old house. I saw a new color of paint had been painted over the exterior of the house and that there was a metal t