Where do I go from here? She thought to herself.Truth was, it didn’t matter.She had a new beginning.

I will not die on Totem Lake.

The mind is a thing capable of destroying itself when deep grief sets in, and when left alone to muse over one’s misery, the most irreparable damage can be done. You need people to heal.

New beginnings come with the tail of the red-winged blackbird. Here’s to hoping my daddy was right.