A Drop in the Ocean

by Jenni Ogden

When I was eight everything changed. Back then I didn’t realize that the happiest days of my life were already over.

When I woke up it was just getting light, and the sea was pink. I felt as if I’d died and gone to heaven.

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love anyone unconditionally, not even Tom. In the morning light, I read what I’d written and felt sick. Facing the truth was something I had had little practice at. It is one of the fallacies harnessed to introversion, that the inward-looking types are the ones who know themselves best. But without others to care about, and who care for you, there seems little need for honest feelings.

Facing the truth was something I had had little practice at. It is one of the fallacies harnessed to introversion, that the inward-looking types are the ones who know themselves best. But without others to care about, and who care for you, there seems little need for honest feelings.

“All I ask, Anna, is that you tell him what you want and how strongly you feel. You can’t make his decisions for him and you shouldn’t. If it’s not to be, at least you’ll not live the rest of your life wondering if more honesty on your part might have made the difference.”