I Was Anastasia

by Ariel Lawhon

She has been many things through the years, but helpless is not one of them.

Epic mic drop!

Laughter in the face of fear is no small accomplishment.

It is easy enough to barricade herself inside the cottage, to let her world shrink to a pinprick.

I’ve never realized before how clearly men need leaders. How adrift we are without them and how the mere sight of one can breathe courage into a room.

“Have you not realized it yet? This is never going to end.”