From Our Readers: Choosing Love

Once there was a girl who came watching the sky day in and out, looking for angels that fly with bows and arrows tipped with hearts in their ends. She was looking for love. Months had passed and yet nothing came her way. Then one day, something caught her eye, a glimmer of white feathers, dancing in the morning air. She saw it! Finally, after years of watching and searching, she saw an angel. She hurriedly ran towards it, giddy smile and hopeful heart at hand. But what she heard from that wondrous creature changed her life and what she'd thought of it forever. The creature said, "There are no cupids, only people choosing people," and her soaring heart fell into pieces.

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