“At the time, I struggled with being alive. The only thing that changed it was Emiel. Because every choice I’d ever made, and every loss and every disappointment, all of it had to happen exactly as it did to lead me to this moment and to Emiel. Evelien, everything you do is so life places that child in your arms. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done wrong, because you’re gifted the reason for the wrong. It’s all for that.”
