Goodbye

Goodbye!


I remember her laughing running to the car her little legs looking like they weren’t even touching the ground. We were going to the supermarket that day, my little girl loved going to the supermarket it calmed her, she also found it very soothing, she always loved the colours on the wrappers the way they sparkled in her eyes. She used to sit in the trolley and point at what she would like they always used to be colourful and loud. Being at that supermarket was a very relaxing time for her and for me, she learned so much like what colours could mix together to make other colours and when we got to the checkout she would learn the prices how they would add up to make a bigger price (the final total). It’s strange now that I think about it that day before we went to the supermarket she looked at me with those eyes and I realised she looked so beautiful, more beautiful than she ever had before.
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I sat there huddled in that corner wishing, praying that my kid...