It's therapeutic, she says. In her living room, stacks of letters and cards from around the world nestle neatly in plastic containers. Each, Dee says, has helped. On a table nearby, under glass, are the plaster casts of two hands intertwined. One hand is Kelly's.
Angels stand guard throughout the house.
Pictures of columbines line the hallways. Outside, Dee has a garden where she planted many of the flowers that were given to the family. Upstairs, in Kelly's room, everything sits much the way it did on April 20. Her close friends have taken a few mementos. Her mother, unable for weeks to change anything in the room, finally straightened the covers of the bed.