When I was eight months pregnant, my sister-in-law attempted to take the $150,000 my husband had set aside for our unborn twins… and when I refused, she struck me directly in the stomach.

carried a cost. She still woke in the night, her hand reaching for the weight that was no longer there.

But her children were alive.

That was enough to keep her moving.

Teresa walked alongside her, performing tenderness for the benefit of the bank employees.

“Slow down, daughter,” she said. “We don’t want you to get upset again.”

Marcela came in behind continue reading …