Broken Beginnings: Chapter Twenty Five and Twenty Six (Final Revision)

Chapter Twenty Five:

Sunday. November.11.2018

I thought I was ready to go back to Church, to face the world, but now that it’s here, I’m not so sure, but I’m reminded today is Veterans Day, and I remembered it’s Veterans Day, and I wanted to go back today, because I knew that something as simple as going to Church, was a right that others had fought for me. Not everyone could go to Church without risking their lives, and that was a hard reality to grasp, but I knew that it was real. Some people could not worship, because others said they could not.

I knew I could have just told my Mother I wasn’t ready, and then I wouldn’t have to go, but I didn’t want to give up, I wanted to start living my life again, if I let the monster who had tried to destroy me get the upper hand, then he would win, and I was not going to let that happen, I could not let that happen. Bobe had not fought so hard, to let hate win, and what I had been through was nothing compared to what Bobe had been.

“Are you sure you are ready, we can stay home if you want?” My Mother had a way of knowing how to read between the lines.

“I want to do this.” I said. “I want to go to Church, it’s a step towards getting my life back. I don’t want to let him win Mom.”