“I miss you, Gram. So much.”
I start to tell her about Derrick’s parents. “You would have loved the Gram. I have a feeling you would have gotten along really well with his mom, especially.”
I hear someone walking towards me and I already know who it is. I’m still looking down at the grass when out of the corner of my eye I see his tennis shoes. I hear his knees crack as he sits down next to me. “Hey, Evelyn. We miss you so much.” Taking a hold of my hand, he says, “I will love your grandson for the rest of my life.” Turning to me he says, “I will, Patrick.”
Taking in a shaky breath, I let it out and say, “I know you will, Derrick. I will, too.”
After we say our goodbyes, we walk back over to the car. I keep a firm grip on Derrick’s hand and I think how it was all worth it. The struggles we faced were, in a sense… beautiful.
The End
Acknowledgements
While I may write the words on these pages there are so many great people who make this a reality. To view the cover, hold it in paperback and spread the word, takes time, patience, a few glasses of wine but most importantly some very wonderfully talented people.
Jennifer O' Neill and Jessica Gunhammer of Limitless Publishing for taking a huge chance on me and for being a huge part in making my dreams come true.
Robin Harper of Wicked by Design, Toni Rakestraw for editing, Dixie Matthews for formatting and Olivia Osland for marketing for making this story become a reality!
Thank you so much to all of the bloggers for spreading the word on my books! You all kick major ass!
Erica you are the best when it comes to reading my books!
Alessandra for being there for your guidance through this process.
Josh, my amazing boyfriend, you are so amazing and I'm so grateful for you to be in my life. I love you so much!
My family for your support and kind words the two of you have given me in pursuing my dreams.
And last, but certainly not least, to all of the readers! All of you are totally amazing and I have made so many friends through this wild and crazy experience. You all are so awesome!
XoXo, Emily!
About the Author
For the past 21 years, I have been a planner and an organizer. I always needed things a specific way and then everything changed for me. I've always had a vivid imagination and thoughts racing through my mind. I realized that life is way too short to let things pass me by, because in the blink of an eye everything could change. So I decided to just live in the moment, taking every chance and opportunity led my way. No second thoughts and just going with the flow.
I decided to put the fictional characters and the conversations going on in my head to paper. I know it makes me sound crazy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I've embraced crazy and hectic and last minute because it's led me to making my dreams a reality.
When I'm not writing Happily Ever After's I'm reading about them and living one. I think this world is filled with too much sadness already we don't need to read about it as well. I write because I love it and I've allowed my imagination to run wild and be crazy and free. Just like me.