It was beautiful summer day. My husband and I were in the backyard watching our chihuahua yapping and running after a dancing leaf. My husband grabbed a bottle of my favorite wine and the corkscrew. The the cork popped and our poor chihuahua ran scared into the swimming pool. We ended the day with wine and laugher....

It tricks you. It burns then leaves a trail of black chard, black smoke and silence. It is also bright and beautiful with it dancing colors of red, of orange and yellow. It leaves behind death but the. Come growth of new new colors of greens, purples, blues, and everything in between, new songs. New life....

I stand there. Stuck, frozen, I can’t breathe. “Is this real? How can it be? Will she be afraid of me? Would she even know how I am? Will she hate me? How do we go from here?” A million questions running though my head. “Am I happy? Scared?” I just stand here, frozen, in the hallway of the hospital I never heard of. Everything is blurry; I see movement, I hear the sounds of monitors beeping and nu...