The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer

I’d accepted regret as the foregone conclusion of my life. The question was, how could I change that? I’d spent the last thirty-six years coming to grips with the idea that it was difficult to be anything other than what the world already thinks you are. But what about what you already think you are—was it possible for me to change what I believed about myself?

But the secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.