How mom’s grim life story affected kids

It's been about a month now since William Zavorski's mother died. William, who is 20, hadn't seen her in about 15 years.

He only has one really clear memory of his mom. She was supposed to come to his birthday party, but per usual, hadn't made it, then showed up a couple of weeks later.

"I just remember her taking me to the corner store and buying me a little toy and taking me back home. I can get a whole picture of the scene," he said. "That was the last thing I remember."

The grandparents who adopted William tell him no such incident ever happened, but he believes otherwise, the memory imprinted so vividly in his mind's eye.

William had always dreamed of …