Book excerpt: Daddy Hold is a story of redemption--of hope and faith born out of pain and loss. A story to remind each of us that every life is precious, every day is numbered, and quite simply, that some things do not go the way we thought they would, or should, have gone. In the storyline of each of our lives there are days that stand out as uniquely different, or special, or painful, and most definitely memorable. Daddy Hold is a personal and riveting account of one of those days.