Handle with Care

About this book

When Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta her parents are devastated--she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows a lifetime of pain. Every expectant parent will tell you that they dont want a perfect baby just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean OKeefe would have asked for a healthy baby too if theyd been given the choice. Instead their lives are made up of sleepless nights mounting bills the pitying stares of "luckier" parents and maybe worst of all the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But its all worth it because Willow is funny as it seems perfect. Shes smart as a whip on her way to being as pretty as her mother kind brave and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow in sickness and in health. Everything changes though after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte had known earlier of Willows illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?