Page 159 of Forgiving Fate

Fate is funny. It takes you along twists and turns. Some days you never know if you are going to make it out of the darkness, but then it surprises you and places you on a path that you think is no better than the other, until that one person comes along.

You learn how it feels to finally let go and forgive others and yourself for the trials that you had to face to get where you are today.

Most importantly, they taught you that surviving isn’t making it through the long, dark tunnel. It’s getting to the end and seeing what life is like in the light.

Our eyes lock and we prove once again that words are not needed when you accept that fate will lead you past a road of forgiveness on the way to the person who will become the other half of my beautifully broken soul.

Landon loops his pinky through mine, and I trace the lines of his tiny bluebird tattoo on his wrist that matches the storm cloud on mine. A bluebird flies through the air in front of us and a smile spreads across both of ours faces as the sun shines high in the sky.

Resting my head on his shoulder, I let the words that I know will get me through the darkest and lightest days with this beautiful man replay over and over in my head.

Day by Day.

Wave by Wave.