Chapter 25 Dreams and Realities

Thus, as days passed into weeks Kai and I started discussing the book project. One night we were able to sit down and discuss the ideas for the chapters, and the instances in the conversations that led to this project. This was therapeutic for us, recreating our experience and how we got out of it despite the effects it had on us. The book was not a mere narration of the past that had happened; the book was all about the strength, love, and hope that we hold in our lifetime. One day, when Kai was at school developing the expansion plans I was with Lily one afternoon in the nursery where she was nearly six months old. She had began speaking incoherently although in a tiny voice she was happy making those beautiful sounds. When she suddenly started playing with her toys, I felt this rise of feeling in my chest. She or he was a miracle, a baby that Kai and I had brought to life and I could not believe it was real. I take her and the sound of her giggles filled the air as I brought her