A Blessing and a Gift

{SHORT STORY} Esther has been alone for the majority of her life. Depending on no one but herself to get through life one agonizing day at a time. Plagued with "FINAL NOTICE" papers and buried under piles of debt, she searches for every little moment of peace that she can find.

Days stretch on in a never-ending, always repeating cycle of work, work, work. Until one day she comes across a man. One conversation with this stranger turns her life upside down forever. And what he left behind for her is the most astonishing part that would start a chain of unforeseen events.

This is a short story that just came to me one day by reading a different story authored by a close friend of mine. I was even able to present this as a piece for a Fine Arts Scholarship this weekend which was amazing. This took a long time to piece together and perfect, so I do hope that you will enjoy it. Let me know what you think by adding comments and helpful criticism.