To many, things like dimes and pennies were seemingly worthless. They were often cast to the side, on sidewalks or in charity cups. They were walked past every second of every day, not even warranting the right to catch someone's eye.
But to some, they might as well be worth a whole world.
To Stephanie Way's father, he built his life up from the same ground that pennies fell to. He was made to crack the concrete with his roots and grow. He was a man who found significance to pennies, much like how he found significance to his horses.
To others they could be all but worthless, but to him, they were worth the world.
And Stephanie Way once shared the same thought, before becoming someone who fell in line with those who thought what he chose to ignore. That was up until Stephanie could no longer think that way.
When her father passed away, Stephanie Way was left with his life's work - Poet's Way. She now has to reverse her way of life once again, to make sure her father's work was not done in vain.
Resentful of it all in the wake of mourning, Stevie ultimately has to look to the past to move towards the future.
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Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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