Rose

I can’t believe how much the Goddess has blessed me. I remember all the times I was hunched over on the floor of the sewage plant trying to force myself to breathe through my mouth to avoid the stench. It didn’t work very well. I also remember all those lonely nights in my high school years when I was exhausted from working and barely had time to do half my homework, knowing I’d be punished by my parents for falling behind.

I would look up at the moon and beg the ...