It made me mad that I couldn’t hide my sadness from them.

As the sun transformed my smile and let me age prematurely, I couldn’t  forgive them for already moving on.

My last thought when my coal eyes hit the ground? “You little rascals will know the feeling soon enough!”

Originally from Germany, Tine moved to California about a year ago. Since then she has become a full-time mom taking care of a four-year-old chatterbox, which makes the fifty-word story a perfect format for her.