A Fire Sparkling

by Julianne MacLean

part of me wishes he had let me make that choice myself.” She

“We could all drive ourselves mad thinking about what could have been. But life happens the way it happens, and there’s no point wishing the past was any different. It will always be what it was, and there’s not a damn thing we can do about it.”

he was always there for me, beside me, and he’s still beside me now, every single day. I feel him in here.” She held her fist to her heart. “And

He wanted me to live, and I’m glad I finally know it. I’ll always love him for that.

I feel weightless, as if I am floating on a peaceful river into a future that is unknown, but I am quite certain that whatever it is, it will be wondrous.