The Bittersweet Choice

Six days before Christmas, after what seemed like forever, I finally woke up to my cherished and long-anticipated day! Today was the day I was going to walk out of the bookstore with the book I had thought I would never own! A book I had dreamt about owning. A book I had dreamt about holding and flipping through its pages. A book I had picked out myself. A book that seemed like a true Christmas miracle!

I knew this day was special, but I did not know that it was a moment that would affect so much of the rest of my life.