The Shining Eyes of Dawn

"When am I going home?" Dawn asked.

I wanted badly to give her an encouraging answer. I was running out of ways to comfort her. Before the nurse gave Dawn a shot to put her to sleep, I told her, "The test the doctors do today will help them decide what's wrong with you."

"Yes, but I don't want them to hurt me anymore."

I took her in my arms and said, "Oh, Dawn, you've been so brave. I pray this is the last test you have to go through."

But it wasn't the last test. In an instant, the lives of Da...