After two more months of being together, Bette utilized Joyce’s services to apply for parental rights with Ozzie so that the process of him becoming her legal son could begin. He was so excited for this action to happen as he felt that Bette was truly the mom he was supposed to be with. After Bette shared with Joyce Wischnia the lawyer, of her intentions to adopt Ozzie, Joyce began the submission of the required paperwork.

Over the course of the time they’d spent together, Ozzie and Bette made for a good family with each other. She found her way into being a good mother as he found his way into being her loving son. They communicated as much as possible and she supported him with his needs both in school, with therapy and at home. The home that they had created together was a blessing to both of them in that it was a home filled with love.

Their morning routine began with Bette getting up at six and going for a five mile run through the Park. When she returned, she took a quick shower and did some meditation, and then got Ozzie up, did his stretches with him and then he cleaned up in the bathroom and dressed as she finished dressing for work and began breakfast.

They were still learning to cook together and had fun preparing meals using various cookbooks they also found at Goodwill. They sometimes did their clothes shopping there as Bette found that many people took their good clothes there, without trying some of them on. She found many a good outfit for work at such reasonable prices.

Prancing around with the best of everything wasn’t her way of being in the world anymore. She realized that that part of her, her ego was what had damaged her previous life and she didn’t want to be like that anymore. She wanted to be grounded and only have in her life what she truly needed to. Bette wanted to be joyful, authentic within her self and live a life with integrity, honesty, and be an honorable woman.