The Fool, a Tiny Story

She is opening her heart to an adventure. Life has been begging that she surrender her tight moorings, that she let go of what has been comfortable yet constricting. How could life ask such a thing of her? That she risk it all, that she put all her eggs in one basket and go merrily into the unknown?! Better to risk it all than to lose it all, she thinks. Better to regret being brave than to never do anything at all. The little Creature, at least, will never leave her side. He has been her...