My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…

I’d been missing.

“That’s great, sweetie,” I said, smiling back. “I’m so happy for you.”

And for the first time in a long while, I realized that maybe—just maybe—we were starting to find our way out of the dark.

The weeks following Lily’s small breakthrough were filled with gradual steps toward healing. There were still tough moments, of course—days when continue reading …