Story 1 (and these are not in the order she told them):
After Travis' death, she went through a rough patch (duh) and one of the things she did for herself was take this little elephant everywhere she went. I'm not sure or don't remember how she originally got this elephant , maybe she bought it for herself, but nevertheless it was her constant companion and a symbol of comfort and connection for her.
Well one day she went to Walmart with a friend. She had put her little elephant in the center console of her car and they went in. She said she "armed and locked" her car as usual.
As she left the car she patted her little elephant (now picture this is a girl very young, maybe still a teenager at this time) and said "you just wait here, we're going in to the store and will be back soon".
She and her friend went in and did their shopping just like normal. As she said "no one took my keys or went back out to my car for anything, no one even went to the bathroom".
When they returned to her car, that little elephant was sitting OUTSIDE the car, in the next space, "on all it's four feet" just waiting for her.
She repeated this section of the story like 5 times to make sure she was remembering it really happened and we "got" it.
She repeated how the car was "locked and armed". And that elephant was pristine in the next parking spot just standing there all proud as can be.
She said "if I didn't have a witness I don't know if I'd even believe it myself to this day".
Now she has more witnesses who also believe her story, doesn't she?
