MARIEL
I had to admit that some things were improving. It wasn't improving as fast as I expected, but things were getting better. I only had to wait.
It had been a week since I started working as a Public Relations and Events Specialist at the art gallery. With each passing day, I felt more grateful and excited for this opportunity. I still found it startling that a job that rejected me outrightly called back to give me an appointment letter.
It was an unexpected turn in my life, but one that provided a much-needed distraction from recent events as well as finances I could live by. Now I knew what it was like to pay rent, purchase groceries, and stick with a budget so as to not deplete the numbers in my account. It was very stressful to have to hold back so much because I didn't have m
