>> lindsey, the only girl, was the eldest of the lovelace kids. >> i remember being at school, i remember getting a call from the office that i was getting picked up. and in my mind i thought, maybe my mom went to the hospitals, she didn't feel good in the days prior maybe she had to go to the hospital it's fine. >> but once inside the principles office, his father broke the news. >> told me my mother died, i just remember from then on my life crashing down. >> i'm sure i asked what had happened i just remember crying and not believing it, so we left and went to my grandma's house. and i was like i want to go back to school, and i went back to school. >> you did, on the day you lost your mom. >> it was a normalcy thing. >> and, in hindsight she said, maybe the best thing she could've done. her favorite teacher had something for her. >> she actually had wolf pups. she had a friend who is caring