“I’m sure I am allowed to talk about it, I just have no idea where to start.”
The answer gave me confidence. “Start with what you remember?”
“I can remember being really sick. There was a throbbing pain in my chest, like my body was fighting to stay alive.” Adam paused, closing his eyes in contemplation. “I know I slipped into a coma, but that didn’t kill me. I woke up, unable to move or speak, but I knew my older daughter was at my side. I remember her speaking to me. It was clear she had been crying. I could feel her touch as she held my hand. It was a feeling like no other. If I had to guess, I would say this was ‘skin-to-skin’ contact, the same as a newborn would receive.”
“That makes a lot of sense; to know connection, love, is what all living creatures desire.” As the houses slowl
