CHAPTER 5 — A SECOND CHANCE

Recovery was slow.
Emma spent months learning to walk without pain.
Doctors had feared she would lose the baby.
Against overwhelming odds, her daughter survived.
She was born several weeks early.
Tiny.
Fragile.
But determined.
Emma named her Grace.
"Because we were given more than we expected."
The first time Emma held her daughter, she cried quietly.
"I almost missed this."
May you like
I squeezed her shoulder.
"But you didn't."