ABSTRACT
Every birth is a miracle. Except for the excitement that typically accompanies such a miracle, Maggie’s birth was uneventful. After several days, she and her mother left the hospital to join her father and sister Sam (Samantha) in their colorful Victorian home in the older part of a midsized midwestern town of about 200,000 people in the United States. Maggie’s extended family of aunts, uncles, and grandparents visited and admired this new addition to the family. Her parents, falling in love with Maggie almost immediately, adjusted for a second time to the demanding schedule of caring for a newborn. Sam, now 2 years old, became at the same time Maggie’s protector and her competitor for the family’s attention.
