Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.

How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?

Five is for five heartbeats, the length of time it takes to breathe in or out. For that is how quickly a life may change, for better or for ill. The time it takes to make up, or change, your mind.

Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.

I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.

In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy.

Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.