Chapter 19 — Play Like the Woman You Are Now

Meanwhile, Emily had begun building an entirely different life.

She resigned from her marketing agency and joined the Bright Path Foundation full-time.

Robert offered her an executive role.

She refused.

“I’m starting at the bottom,” she said.

For months she coordinated workshops, accompanied participants to job interviews, and negotiated partnerships with companies willing to hire workers with visual impairments — and she spent a great deal of time with Lily, the teenage pianist.

One Saturday, Lily brought several sheets of Braille music.