La vida

At first, everyone seemed frozencaught in the still hush of a dream. A boy knelt before her, right there

Ci sono sere in cui la vita ti crolla addosso in un secondo, lasciandoti senza fiato, convinta che il

The small girl slipped up beside my booth so quietly I barely even clocked her until she murmured, Excuse

A volte la vita ti toglie tutto non per punirti, ma per vedere cosa ti è rimasto dentro. Quella notte

The paperwork was already signed, and the injection that would end his life was sitting on the metal

I collapsed onto the kitchen chair without even taking off my coat, my hands shaking so badly I could

My hands were shaking so hard I could barely feel the cold metal medallion. Sirens were tearing the night

The espresso machine gave one last, shuddering hiss, and then the station café fell into a silence so

The iron key slipped from Martha’s trembling fingers, clattering onto the old oak floor, but neither

Sometimes, God tests us not when we are strong and full, but when we are completely broken, holding onto