Life has its own way of paying back what it owes you. In one way or another, you have to trust that everything is working for your own good. Trust the process even when it seems that you are not making any progress. After all, it's people's responses that often destroy their life rather than the negative circumstances. Circumstances would only hurt up to the extent one would allow. Responses matter. It can either mitigate or aggravate the damage done.
Twenty-five years later...
Lenette stared at the two young people approaching her. Even from afar, she can sense that both of them look nervous.
"Mom, we have something to say," Pascal Jr., her one and only son, said to her.
Studying her son's face and Charie's blushing face, her eyes shifted from their faces to the
