Let me live to run and play with other children Teach me God’s own holy word as it is written But most of all, Mama, teach me how to love Just like my Holy Father up above “Candy apple baby” is a term that is given to babies who survive the saline solution that is injected into the bag of waters surrounding the baby. The solution is swallowed and breathed into the lungs of the tiny baby, causing the baby to be literally chemically burned alive, inside and out. This causes the baby’s skin to become the color of candy apple red. Author Deborah R. Donathan tells a beautiful story of Candy Apple Love, the young woman whose name is coined from her horrible experience during birth. Fictitious yet very inspiring, Candy Apple Love tells the tale of a baby girl that became the complication of an abortion. She was born alive. In this compelling anthology, she tells a story that shows her struggle to survive and her strong will to live and to overcome any obstacles in her path. Despite the hurts and insecurities, Candy finds motherly love through a woman who participated in her attempted abortion. Life is precious. There’s still so many wonderful things this world could offer that each one of us deserves to enjoy.