Elpízo: Writing Prompts

24th of January

#ElpízoPrompt2: "Every heart knows its own bitterness and no one else could fully share its joy."

Life happens. For some reasons, people come and go in our lives. "How I wish things happen the way I wanted it to be", I said to myself. Honestly, life is tough and scary sometimes. The things, or even people you hold on to might disappear right before your eyes.

"You have to move forward", they say. I know but it's not easy. The memories of yesterday are haunting me and it's a constant struggle to remain on the bright side of life. Yes, I am a pessimist. There's a pessimist in all of us.

"How I wish I did better", I sighed deeply. A better daughter to my mother. This feeling of guilt and regrets are making my heart skip a beat. I missed my mother since the day she left us. How I spent those lonely and cold nights crying in silence so that no one will hear me.

I missed her comforting words and loving embrace. She is my best friend. Her memories will forever remain in my heart and mind. "She's now in a better place with Jesus", those words are comforting me each day. They became a beacon of hope in my hopelessness. But even if I spend my whole life longing for her, I will choose to believe that I will see her again someday in paradise. It gives me an inexplicable joy and assurance that this world will never understand.

My mother is one of a kind. So, it was then that I realized...there are things that don't happen the same way twice. How I think of the 24th of January will never be the same way again.