She picked up her gavel and looked around the courtroom. “Now let’s get to work. We have justice to serve and people to help.”
As court began, Lily whispered to her father, “Daddy, do you see how happy Judge Catherine looks now?”
Robert smiled at his amazing daughter. “Yes, sweetheart, I do.”
“That’s what real healing looks like,” Lily said wisely. “It’s not just about making broken things work again. It’s about making people remember how beautiful their lives can be.”
Six months later, Judge Catherine danced at her wedding to Dr. Harrison, who had fallen in love not just with her recovery, but with her renewed joy for life. She danced slowly and carefully, but she danced.
In the front row of the wedding, Robert and Lily watched with pride as their friend celebrated her new beginning. Lily had been asked to be the flower girl, and she had scattered rose petals down the aisle while humming a happy tune.
As Judge Catherine and Dr. Harrison swayed together to their first dance as husband and wife, Lily leaned over to her father. “Daddy,” she whispered. “Do you know what the best part about miracles is?”
“What’s that, sweetheart?”
Lily smiled with that wise, beautiful smile that had started this whole amazing journey. “The best part is that once people see one miracle happen, they start believing that all kinds of wonderful things are possible. And when people believe in wonderful things, wonderful things happen all the time.”
Robert hugged his daughter close as they watched their friends dance. He thought about his wife’s favorite saying, “Miracles happen when love is stronger than fear.” Looking at his incredible daughter, watching Judge Catherine dance with joy, surrounded by a community that had learned to believe in impossible things, Robert knew that miracles weren’t just something that happened once in a while. With Lily in the world, miracles were happening every single day.
