The Most Powerful Weapon Is Hope.

After A While, Footsteps Sounded On The Flagstones Outside And There Was A Gentle Tap At The Door. Of Course, One Of Them Would Come. So Close Were We, The Seven Of Us, That No Childhood Injury Went Unnoticed, No Slight, Real Or Imagined, Went Unaddressed, No Hurt Was Endured Without Comfort.

This Had Been Real: Real In Its Flaws And Uncertainties, Real In Its Small Triumphs, Real In Its Compromises And Understanding.

I Should Have Realized, When Cathal Kissed Me In The Hallway, That My Response Was The First Raindrop Heralding A Storm.

First Person Allows Deeper Insight Into The Protagonist's Character. It Allows The Reader To Identify More Fully With The Protagonist And To Share Her World Quite Intimately. So It Suits A Story Focused On One Character's Personal Journey. However, First Person Shuts Out Insights Into Other Characters.

But I Believe We All Have An Inner Goodness; A Little Flame That Stays Alight Through The Worst Of Trials.