A Reason To Be

He blew into her life like dust on the wind. From that moment on her life irrevocably changed. For one month, one month when spring fills the air with the scent of flowers, they love on borrowed time. Then, when time runs out, all that is left of him is a lifetime of loneliness filled with memories.

The decision she makes forever haunts her. She sends the one love of her life away because it is the right thing to do. Life had intervened with love. Priorities. Responsibilities. Obligations. A widow with two children to raise. It is the only choice she can make.

And now, each year, when spring rolls around, when flowers are in full bloom, she sits under the stars, and remembers.