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Be Not Afraid ReverenceChapter ReverenceAfter Ruby gave birth to her second child, Ann, shespent the night, as she put it, in “unshadowed joy.”There was every reason to celebrate: it had been anormal pregnancy, the baby was healthy and beautiful,and David, her first child, now had a sibling to grow upwith. Two days later, Ann died. As her father, Doug,remembers it:When Ann was a day old, the doctor told us that he wasvery concerned about her, and that already at deliveryhe had noticed something wrong. Why he said nothingright away we’ll never know. In any case, we had to takeAnn to a hospital halfway across the state (we wereliving in rural North Carolina at the time), and since thebirth had not taken place at that hospital, Ruby was notallowed to stay with her. We had no choice but to returnhome. Waiting for news was agonizing. The hours4