Leaders Made Here

Second Chance

She was gone. The most engaging, spirited, caring, and beautiful woman Charles had ever known had just slipped away. He had lost not only his wife and the mother of their child, but his soulmate. He was numb.

Tears began to roll down Charles’s face as he stared at the bank of machines that had been trying to extend Ann’s life. They had failed, and Charles was listening to a sound he would never forget. Ann’s monitor was broadcasting the lifeless tone of a heart no longer beating. Would it start again? He knew the answer was no. Not this time.

Many would say Ann had already cheated death. Her diagnosis had given her only months to ...