When Wishes Bleed (When Wishes Bleed, #1)

by Casey L. Bond

Children would ignore their own experiences and feelings if adults pressed them hard enough into the straight and narrow line. It was how prejudice and ignorance were perpetuated through the generations.

“Whomever you choose when you arrive back home should cherish the year he’ll have with you, for it will be the most memorable and magical time of his life.”

In death, time was meaningless. Only life gave it shape.

I knew there was a moment of numb shock that hit each person after they lost a loved one. Even though they knew death was inevitable, in that moment it suddenly became real. The fact that their loved one was truly gone would pierce them like an arrow to the heart.