What was the second event in because of winn dixie?

when Opal asks her dad about her mother and he dad tells her 10 things about her mom for each year she been alive. Because of Winn Dixie Opal knows more and more about her mother and Opal and her dad gets closer and Opal's dad is comfortable about telling opal about her mother and how she left them. Opal realizes that when her dad tells her about her mom she acts like her mom is there with her.