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Sixteen months after that terrifying afternoon above the Pacific, I stood on the wide timber deck of my new coastal estate in Malibu on a breathtaking late summer afternoon.
Out on the lush green lawn, my healthy, beautiful ten-month-old daughter, Maya, was crawling happily through the grass, her bright, innocent laughter ringing out clearly across the quiet yard as she reached for a colorful ball.
Mara walked out through the sliding glass doors, holding two cold glasses of fresh juice, a warm, proud smile gracing her face as she sat beside me.
I took a slow, deeply satisfying breath of the clean salt air, held my head up high, and felt an unshakeable sense of freedom, strength, and complete safety settling deep into my soul.
I looked down at my thriving baby girl playing safely in the golden sunlight, smiled with absolute, permanent peace, and replied:
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