No life is saved by one person alone. We carry one another.
My knees nearly gave way.
For eighteen years, I had believed Rebecca’s final chapter ended on that rainy highway.
It hadn’t.
Her kindness had continued through Hannah.
Through Chloe and Sadie.
Through me.
Hannah looked toward the twins.
“When I saw you lift Chloe from that basket, I knew who you were,” she said. “I wanted to run toward you. But I was afraid you would look at me and see only the person who had failed them.”
I swallowed hard.
“I might have.”
She nodded.
“I know.”
“But I also know what fear can do to a person.”
Tears slipped down her cheeks.
“I am so sorry.”
I looked at Chloe and Sadie standing together near the water.
“You gave them life,” I said. “They gave mine back to me.”
Hannah covered her mouth as she cried.
I didn’t tell her everything was forgiven that day.
Some emotions take time.
But I invited her to walk with us.
That was the beginning.
