by Laurel Dewey
It’s all right to forgive, Jane. Holding on to hate is futile and will only destroy you in the end.
Be courageous and find out who you really are. Self-analysis is not for the weak, but it’s infinitely more satisfying than running blindly into the night.
And please don’t give up on finding love, Jane. To deny yourself that pleasure is to choke the breath from your heart. Risk it all and be vulnerable. Lead with your heart, my dear, and you’ll never go wrong.
Seek contentment rather than happiness. Contentment holds water. Happiness leaks.
In Spirit,
Kit
The clear, winter sky in Denver stretched a swath of pink across the horizon. Jane drove around the bend of the cemetery where the two trees converged. That was the only way she remembered the location, since her previous visit had been so brief. She got out of the Mustang, crushing the butt of her cigarette against the pavement. Walking across the matted, brown grass, she checked one headstone after another before finding the one she wanted. Jane stared at the simple engraving of the name on the stone: DALE PERRY. Minutes passed before she spoke with choked emotion.
“Wherever you are, I hope you find peace. I hope your pain stops.” She pulled the snakestone totem from her pocket and tucked it under a mat of grass in front of the stone. “This will help you.” Jane wrapped her hand around the top of the stone. “I forgive you,” she whispered.
That was her first step.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
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