Second chances 11 min read
A Home for the Heart: A Story of Love, Loss, and Resilience
As the sun began to set on the small town of Millfield, Indiana, a palpable sense of excitement filled the air. The annual fall festival was just hours away and everyone in town had been eagerly anticipating it for weeks. The streets were lined with vendors selling all sorts of goodies from funnel cakes to homemade fudge, while children ran around excitedly clutching brightly colored balloons. For 16-year-old Emma Thompson, this year's festival held an extra dose of anticipation - she was finally old enough to enter her prized pumpkin into the annual pumpkin carving contest.