“Not again.”
Those were the words Maya’s mother shared as fear rushed back into their lives.
After weeks of fighting — after living in what she calls “the grey,” that fragile space between torment and hope — 12-year-old Maya has been rushed into emergency surgery once more. Doctors discovered severe fluid building on her brain. Hydrocephalus.
“She’s going to emergency surgery right now,” her mom wrote. “Please keep her in your thoughts. I believe it’s helped her this far.”
Maya’s name is one many will never forget.
She is the 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a school massacre in Canada. In those first terrifying hours, doctors didn’t believe she would survive the night.
But Maya did.
What followed were days filled with waiting. Praying. Singing softly at her bedside. Watching monitors. Holding onto the smallest signs of life and progress.
Now, the fear has returned.
Her family is once again standing in hospital hallways, praying their child comes back from another surgery — asking for strength they never imagined they’d need twice.
Tonight, they’re asking for words.
For hope.
For reminders that they are not alone.
If you have something to say to a family fighting for their child’s life again — now is the moment.
