A Selfless Sacrifice - A Niam Horayne Story *ON HOLD*

Prologue

A Selfless Sacrifice

PROLOGUE:

Life goes on, people move forward and many things change. But when the one you love is gone and you’re all alone, it’s impossible to forget things from the past. My name is Niall, Niall Horan. My life was complicated, very complicated. But now I’m sitting here, all alone. I’m older now, turning 82 to be exact. I’m not so miserable anymore but I’m actually excited for what’s to come when I leave this dull and boring world behind me, and I know myself that the time for me to go will be soon. To be honest, sitting here in this familiar hospital, it makes me think about how fortunate I’ve been to have found the love of my life. I may have had to go through many terrible experiences in my life beforehand, but in the end I was happy and it was all worth it. We may not have had spent as much time together as I’d wish but the time we had together was the time I’ll never forget.

I know I have far less than a year left of my life so I’ve decided to bring something back to my life that I have left behind me since forever. I’ve always wanted to do this but I was also too afraid to face the pain and loss that I know I’d have to face. Picking up the tattered and worn out diary, I close my eyes readying myself to re-read my not so happy-ever-after, fairy tale of a life. As old as I am, I still remember this diary. I had it for numerous amounts of years. And that’s why I want to re-read it. Knowing the short amount time I have left, I want to leave this place remembering how I got here and how I became the person that I am today, even though I’d have to face a hell of a lot of pain doing so. I want to remember the people who meant the most to me and the most precious events in my life.

So that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to take you on a journey and take you through what use to be the most personal thing in my life, my diary.