Treading Water

Chantel is a single mother of a teenage boy living in Los Angeles. Each day she works low waged jobs to provide for her family. Despite all her efforts, she always managed to come up short. Being the youngest of six children, Chantel struggled with self worth and self identity in her large family. Chantel always felt like she was living her life in the shadow of her high achieving siblings. Her envy for those around her filled her heart with bitterness and sadness. The loneliness in her life would soon be replaced with a man from her past. Chantel felt a rebirth in love and a world of possibility. Her happiness would be short lived when tragedy struck. Her world would be changed forever. The losses in her life made her question whether or not her presence had any true value. How will she emerge? Soon she realized that darkness can sometimes shine a light on the things that she never thought she could possibly reach. Sometimes in life it’s hard to keep your head above the wave, so you read water until you can be saved.