The Photo That Brought Us Back: An Adoption Story About Second Chances and Family

held him close. Her eyes shone with a warmth I had not seen in years. The detail that stole my breath was simple. The boy’s smile was mine.

“Who is he,” I asked, my voice hardly more than air.

“That is Daniel,” she said, and her hands trembled around a mug she had not yet sipped.

I looked back at the photo and then at the woman I had once believed fate continue reading …