At seven,
I was scared to death of the first day of elementary. I cried in the morning and I didn't even want to get out of my room. Even my mom needed you to get me out of it immediately. I told you I was scared. And you shushed me and told me it was gonna be fine. Truth to be told, I wasn't scared of the school. I was just scared of losing you. Because I heard school changes people.
And I was scared, like really really scared.

YOU ARE READING
The Hourglass.
Short StoryAt five, I met you for the first time. At eight, I fell in love with you. At twenty six, I watched you marry the girl you love the most in life. At twenty eight, you got your first child born into the world with such a happiness I could never give y...