Chapter One
It was odd to hear the birds chirp so loudly and lovingly, as though they were unaware of Ursula’s pain. The woman hugged her full form and continued down the green path she knew all too well. A path she wished she didn’t.
It had been a year ago that day that her mother had left her side. It was hard to believe that she would lose her mother so early in her life. She understood that the cycle of life was cruel, but thirty-two was still too young to lose someone so prominent in your life. Her mother should still be here, to see her fall in love, get married, have a family...
Ursula turned down another winding path, passing gravestone after gravestone with a numbness in her heart. It had always been her desire to become a mother, a mother just like her own. She dreamt of days
