After losing my husband and daughter in a car accident, I never expected to become a mother again.<\/p>\n
Years later, while working at a hospital, I met Daniel, a terminally ill widower, and his six-year-old daughter, Lily. I started helping with her hair, homework, and meals. Before long, I loved her.<\/p>\n
Daniel eventually asked me to marry him so Lily would have someone after he was gone.<\/p>\n
I said yes.<\/p>\n
He died two weeks later.<\/p>\n
One year after his funeral, Lily handed me a box Daniel had hidden.<\/p>\n
Inside was Mr. Bunny\u2014the stuffed rabbit my daughter Josie had carried everywhere before she died.<\/p>\n
I nearly collapsed.<\/p>\n
Then I found Daniel\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n
He had been at the scene of my family\u2019s accident. Josie had been alive when he reached her. Before she died, she gave him the rabbit and asked him to return it to me.<\/p>\n
He never did.<\/p>\n
Years later, when I walked into his hospital room, he eventually realized who I was\u2014but still kept the truth hidden.<\/p>\n
I was devastated and furious.<\/p>\n
Then Lily revealed something else.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad didn\u2019t choose you,\u201d she said. \u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before Daniel ever proposed, Lily had asked him if having me around was what having a mother felt like.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him I wanted you to keep staying.\u201d<\/p>\n
That changed everything.<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s secret brought Mr. Bunny back.<\/p>\n
But Lily brought me back to life.<\/p>\n
And finally, Josie\u2019s rabbit had come home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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