Marie Higginbotham

Marie Higginbotham was Renée Dwyer's mother, and has been deceased six years prior to the beginning of New Moon. In New Moon, Bella has a dream and thinks she is seeing her grandmother, though she is actually seeing herself when she is old. Edward steps into the meadow, and Bella thinks "Gran" (Marie Higginbottom) will see his glittering skin in the sunshine, though he is at ease, because he knows that it is Bella. In the dream Marie mirrors all of Bella's movements, hence the term, 'she was seeing herself' in the future. Bella's middle name comes from her.