A terminally ill Kevin’s world shattered when he learned he had only 12 months left to live. But the day he met orphaned little Elsie, whose countdown was even shorter, he found a purpose: to fill every moment of the girl’s life with the boundless love of a father and adopted her.
The diagnosis fell like a hammer in the pristine silence of Dr. Bennett’s office. Kevin sat motionless, his fingers digging into the leather armrests as two little words echoed through his mind: twelve months. Just 12 more months of sunrises, kneading dough in his bakery, and breathing in the morning air. At 34, he had expected decades ahead of him, not months. Read the full story here 
