Handle with Care

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Willow's parents are heartbroken to learn that she has severe osteogenesis imperfecta at birth; she will live a lifetime of misery and hundreds of fractured bones. All pregnant parents will tell you that their main priority is a healthy baby, not a flawless one. If given the option, Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have also requested a healthy child. Rather, their lives consist of restless nights, increasing expenses, the pleading looks from "luckier" parents, and maybe most importantly, the hypothetical scenarios. What if their kid had arrived at birth well? Funny as it may sound, Willow is flawless, therefore it's all worth it. She is bold, kind, quick-witted, and, surprising for a five-year-old, a wellspring of unexpected depth and insight. She is also on track to become as attractive as her mother. In health or in illness, Willow is Willow.

But then something happens that makes Charlotte and her husband face the biggest of all what-if scenarios. At that point, everything changes. What if Willow's sickness had been known to Charlotte sooner? What if circumstances had been otherwise? What if Willow, their cherished pet, had never been born? Charlotte has to ask herself these questions and one more in order to really honor Willow. What qualities make a life valuable?