She's here, and that's all I really need. She keeps me together, and she doesn't even realise she's doing it. She's come with me to visit my mum every single time I've been in the last few days.
She's held my hand and kept the conversation flowing when I couldn't. Mum loves her. Literally, she can't stop talking about her to Jake and Maya. She thinks she walks on water for forgiving me so easily for everything I did to her as a child. She's invited her to visit any time she likes and offered for her to come for Sunday lunch this week.
As happy as I am that my mum likes Clara and that she's distracted from whatever feelings put her in the hospital this time, I don't want Clara to become her next project. Because as much as mum seems to enjoy her projects in the moment, she loses interest and drops them quicker than anything.