Deb Wise was taking her 4-year-old daughter Katie into town so they could have lunch with Wise’s husband, Dennis. Katie asked if Uncle Tom, a good friend of theirs, would be there. Wise answered yes, and Katie leaned in close to whisper a secret.
“He saved my life once,” the girl said.
Wise was dumbfounded and felt goosebumps all over.
There was no way her daughter could have known that. When Wise found out she was pregnant with Katie, she considered, with a heavy heart, having an abortion.
As it happened, having Katie saved Wise’s life. And ever since she and Dennis were blessed with the happy baby girl, there were little signs here and there that Katie knew it, too. In fact, it appeared to Wise that Katie had planned for it….