title: Stella's Story: Dealing with Sibling Loss
author: Amanda Seefeld Markle
description: ''Mandy's family experienced grief and loss when her baby died tragically. She and her husband have powerfully aided many with the myriad of emotions as speakers to local grief groups. With the perspective of both a mother and an educator, Mandy's book for children will continue that mission and will provide an invaluable resource for children as they experience grief and loss.'' --Susan Vento, Grief Educator
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  ## CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  Rage.
  
  
  
  
  
  No other word described it.
  
  
  
  
  
  Rayford knew he had much to be thankful for. Neither Irene―his wife of twenty-
  one years―nor Amanda―his wife of fewer than three months―had to suffer this
  world any longer. Raymie was in heaven too. Chloe and baby Kenny were healthy.
  
  
  
  
  
  That should be enough. Yet the cliché consumed came to life for Rayford. He
  stormed out of the safe house in the middle of a crisp May Monday morning,
  eschewing a jacket and glad of it. It wasn’t anyone in the safe house who had
  set him off.
  
  
  
  
  
  Hattie had been her typical self, whining about her immobility while building
  her strength.
  
  
  
  
  
  “You don’t think I’ll do it,” she had told him as she raced through another
  set of sit-ups. “You way underestimate me.”
  
  
  
  
  
  “I don’t doubt you’re crazy enough to try.”
  
  
  
  
  
  “But you wouldn’t fly me over there for any price.”
  
  
  
  
  
  “Not on your life.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Rayford stumbled along a path near a row of trees that separated a dusty field
  