SS Question

[Jacqui]

No: HPFGUIDX 101698

I am going to apologize for having way too much time on my hands at 
the moment :P
I was reading another interview and found this:

My mother passed way nine years ago, and her death greatly 
influenced a passage in Book 1. And I'm sure careful readers don't 
need to be told what passage that is. My father is still alive, and 
he really likes the books, and my sister, to whom the first book is 
dedicated in part, was the first person ever to hear the story. She 
didn't read it, but I told it to her. 

Does anyone happen to know what passage she is talking about off 
hand?

Jacqui