I would not take Harper back to that house.

Harper woke while we were still talking.

She looked around the unfamiliar room and asked why she had so many stickers on her chest.

The nurse explained that they were helping the doctors listen to her heart.

Harper thought about this, then asked whether she’d be able to go to school for art day.

It took everything in me not to cry.

For her, the world still contained an art project she didn’t want to miss.