EMELIA and GRACE (continued)

Day 6

Yes, both women were different. However, time was running out. We all have a right to scream. We all have a right to be sad and curl up in a ball. Unfortunately, there is no changing the situation. But both Emelia and Grace had the power to re-direct the course of their own paths. 

Emelia woke up to a beautiful warm day. The winter was passing and the new season was upon her. She stood at the window thinking nothing but negative thoughts. "Why is this happening to me?" "Why did God do this to me?" "Why can't it all just be over today?" Her husband walked in. "Why don't we take a ride down to the beach, a little sun on your face will feel really good?" Emelia replied, "I don't need sun, I need my life back. I don't feel good, just let me be." Emma heard this. She slammed the door and left the house. Again. 

Grace woke up to the same sun shining into her room. Annie walked in and surprised her with a light breakfast in bed. She could tell her mom was a little off but smiled all the way through her tea. Grace's husband walked in. "Why don't we take a ride over to the beach, it's beautiful out, a little sun will feel good on your face?" Grace replied, "That sounds so good. Can we go in a couple of hours? I want to finish up something I've been working on?" Sounds great he said, we will leave at 1:00. 

Grace took out her writing pad. She had started 2 letters, love letters. One to her husband, the other to Annie. They were just about completed. Grace had been working on these each night before bed. Although different words in each, she spoke of how lucky her life had been with both of them in it. She told her husband her favorite memories from her wedding day, the birth of Annie and over the last twenty years. In Annies, she described details of the day she was born. How it felt to hold her at one, three, five and ten. She spoke of memories that Annie would remember but not the deep emotion that went along with the event, emotions that only Grace could feel. Grace told Annie how she would never have wanted her life any other way, with any other person beside her. She did the same in her husband's letter. No one could read them without shedding tears, beyond emotional. She finished, closing with how Blessed she was to have been a part of their lives yesterday, today and in all of their days moving forward. Wow! What a love like that can do! 

Her letters became a treasure that Annie and her Dad kept near their hearts for the rest of their lives. A treasure that holds a value that we could never understand. The letters solidified the love they shared with Grace and bonded the love they felt as a Father and Daughter. The effects were GINORMOUS! 

Grace did go to the beach with her family that sunny day. It was one of the best memories Annie will ever remember. One she told all her friends about for many years. Emelia took a sleeping pill to numb her existence and forget about life.  

(To be continued..., one more day)