Code Name Butterfly

by Embassie Susberry

the only thing you can possibly regret is what you did and didn’t do. The rest is out of your hands. Do you know what you did do? You tried.” Elly looked up. Jo’s eyes were soft and understanding. “You tried, Elodie. And you’ll never have to wonder what would have happened if you had only tried. And sure it hurts now, but one day you’ll look back on this moment with pride. Because you will have no regrets. You saw something you wanted—a life with Grant Monterey—and you did all you could to make that happen. So lift your chin and hold your head up. You took a risk. It failed. But you still did your part.”

love you, Elodie Anne Mitchell. No matter what happens, don’t you ever doubt that.”

know I’ve changed for the better simply because you were around.”

Jo passed her on stage, she smiled, bittersweetly as she performed this last swan song with all of her heart, a tribute from the moth to the butterfly.

“She adopted twelve children with her fourth husband. They were all different races and religions. She called them her Rainbow Tribe. It was her way of proving to the world that if people are raised in love, they won’t hate. She purchased the Château des Milandes after the war and raised her children there until she lost the castle

“This is a reminder, dear girl, that if you do the things you were placed on this earth to do, you will die, knowing that you lived.”