A Brighter Future

A broken child, suffering the loss of the one she loved. She didn't understand. He was everything to her. What was the point of going on without him? The others in her life would get over her eventually. The pain in the girl's chest felt far greater than anything her loved ones would have felt after she was gone.

She was going to do it, she decided. But her thoughts went to the future, and what would happen after she left this life. Her faith told her it would not be nothing like she had hoped, but instead an eternity determined by her actions. The thought of living forever sounded exhausting to her. So she kept going in the hope that everything would be okay.

That girl is me. And it did turn out okay. I'm married now, & no one makes me happier than he does, the joy bursting from within me impossible to contain. We're adopting soon. I remain strong in my faith, grateful for the life it has saved. I wish the girl I used to be could see me now. I wonder what she would think.