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“Do you like muffins? Mommy makes the best banana and chocolate chip”

I s as her eyes dart around for what is going to interest her next She’s so sharp and inquisitive, two traits that will serve her well “I love muffins,” I say

“Can you push ?”

“Sure”

Sophie’s running across the yard before I get back on my feet I find Sandy next to aze across at the miracle of our child Suzanne and Vernon find their way next to us too “She’s a,” I say

“Yes, she is,” Vernon says I turn and hold my hand out to hi “Thank you,” he says, and by the tiht hard not to shed This isn’t the time for emotion, so when he slaps rateful yes

“Co onto the chains and trying to juh

“You’d better go,” Suzanne says “Little ”

I sh me

When I think about what nize where I am Before I saw Sandy all dressed up by the side of the road, I was trapped in the shadow of sadness My brother had died, and I had lost the love of ed to find a way to deal with either of those events My friends had draggedwater rather than living I kept trying to find ways to ain Ways that didn’t involveinto addiction like my parents

And then, there she was An angel who needed rescuing, and that’s what I tried to do I tried to find a way to resurrect the love we had in a way I could e, and, in the process, I built a new life not only for Sandy and me but for my friends too

Then there’s Sophie This a reminder of the past and a way for us all to look into the future A blessing I don’t deserve and could never have expected

As I jog across the grass, not wanting to keep , I’m filled with a rush of love for Sandy, for Sophie, for my friends, and for life

When circu us deep into times of trouble, it is possible to find a way out and back into a place of love