▁the ▁girls ▁were ▁st alling ▁him , ▁putting ▁on ▁their ▁C inder ella ▁g own s , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁trying ▁to ▁hur ry ▁them ▁so ▁he ▁could ▁put ▁them ▁to ▁bed ▁and ▁go ▁to ▁his ▁studio ▁to ▁work . ▁Chap man ▁says ▁he ▁even ▁refused ▁to ▁read ▁them ▁a ▁story ▁that ▁night . ▁But ▁after ▁walking ▁out , ▁he ▁says ▁he ▁felt ▁God ▁telling ▁him ▁the ▁name ▁" Em ily ▁Chap man ", ▁his ▁el dest ▁daughter , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁her ▁tw ent ies . ▁Steven ▁remembered ▁how ▁he ▁had ▁r ushed ▁through ▁some ▁moments ▁in ▁Em ily ' s ▁child hood ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁career , ▁and ▁remembered ▁how ▁he ▁now ▁had ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁not ▁do ▁it ▁again ▁with ▁his ▁younger ▁daughters . ▁He ▁then ▁felt ▁guilty ▁for ▁neglect ing ▁them ▁and ▁started ▁writing ▁the ▁song ▁to ▁rem ind ▁himself ▁to ▁cher ish ▁the ▁moments ▁he ▁could ▁with ▁his ▁family , ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁brief ▁they ▁might ▁be : ▁ ▁Chap man ▁says ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁song ▁in ▁about ▁an ▁hour , ▁which ▁was ▁unusual ▁for ▁him . ▁Chap man ▁says ▁that ▁his ▁daughters ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁" the ▁greatest ▁song ▁ever ▁written , ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁them , ▁but ▁mostly ▁because ▁it ▁had ▁the ▁name ▁' C inder ella ' ." ▁▁ ▁Several ▁months ▁later , ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Chap man ' s ▁young est ▁daughter ▁Maria ▁Sue ▁died ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁an ▁accident ▁in ▁the ▁Chap mans ' ▁drive