An elderly woman asked me to marry her as her final wish — and after she passed away, her lawyer handed me her hospital bag and said, “She chose you for a reason.”

home. No resident would sit alone again. Not on my watch.

Sarah helped me set everything up on the first afternoon. She squeezed my shoulder as the residents smiled at their new companions.

“She chose well, Daniel.”

At that moment, I finally understood that the family I thought I never had had been looking for me all along.

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