When a story ends, how do we know it was a happy ending? A sunset on horseback, a kiss by the pier, a tight embrace by the front door that follows you for the rest of your life? It may be as simple as a plane ticket and a promise, “I’ll protect you.”

What if life’s greatest journey isn’t meant to be shared? What if the person you love isn’t yet meant to love? What if the only strength you were meant to have came from within, and the hands at your back gave up? You do the only thing you can do, as you take life one step at a time. Crawling when you need, sleeping when you need, falling when you do, you get back up.