Gemotions

“I don’t know what to do,” Maria choked out, her voice raw. She was behind on her mortgage payments. Her job was on the line. She was sinking, and she could see no surface.

She was sorting through her grandfather's effects after he passed. In a box of old photographs, she found a letter, its paper thin and brittle. A letter of resignation. Her grandfather, the stern, successful businessman.

Maria felt a cold tremor. He had walked away? She had always thought he had everything. Now, she felt a profound sense of isolation. His resilience seemed a distant dream. She felt the world around her tilting.