Almost Glass

Broken. Shattered. Forever searching for something I knew I'd never find. . . Happiness.I was a girl with no purpose, with no reason to keep going--I was barely living.Life had been nothing but a cruel joke to me. I had found love, only to lose it. I had found hope, only to watch it get snatched from my arms.I had nothing left.But from the darkness came a man.He saw something in me that I couldn't.He saw life, he saw the girl that I had lost somewhere along the way; he saw a second chance.With his help, I picked up the glass around my feet and put my life back together.He gave me more than anyone ever could.He gave me his heart.And I wanted to give him mine, I just didn't know how.I needed to let go of the past to truly let him in.So I did what I never could before, I gave myself a voice. I wrote a letter.And that letter changed everything.Author's Note: This story was originally titled Dear Author. It is about love and loss, and may contain triggers for some readers. But there is also hope, unconditional love, and finding happiness again. Walk through the darkness and you will see the light with a guaranteed HEA that will make this journey worthwhile.