After losing my wife Emily in a tragic plane accident, I spent 23 years living with sorrow and regret. Every year, I visited her grave, whispering the apologies I never said.
Life moved on around me, but I felt frozen in time, trapped by grief and memories of what was lost.
One day, after leaving the cemetery, I received a call to pick up a new employee from Germany named Elsa. Meeting her felt strangely familiar—her laugh, her kindness, even the way she smiled stirred something deep inside me.