The early birds were still in their jammies as I bounced out of bed. Ready to face another day with a smile and a song in her heart. All she’d ever needed to get along. Even when things looked their darkest.

Her hot pink Grace Karin boatneck dress with matching heels the way to go to express her feels without the use of words. Joy was boundless in Her little heart. Everything I had feared or assumed turned out not to be true.

It had been two weeks since the ...