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Taking a shivery breath, I moved on to the next row--my present The three of Swords--the classic card of e was ly hair behind my ears Wil… His words--that bare naked honesty It hurts, he’d said

Blinking back stinging tears that prickled ht he was It did hurt It al on this earth, breathing this air, existing There was no happiness without pain

But did losing soed your hopes on ain?

Was that what I was doing? Punishingwhile Brock was dead? And Papa?

And there it was…the next card in the ht of Swords Fear Blockage Prevention I sed And it was followed by the Moon card--a warning of dishonesty, deceit or confusion

Maybe all of the above I was confused Had I been deceiving myself? Had I been convinced that it was my fate to wander…to never love? To never be loved? I’d often seen the card that most represented me as the Fool And maybe in more ways than one, I had been a fool A fool who lied to herself

Tears streah blurry eyes by the tiht and it was hard to breathe, because

That first card

The King of Cups

I re of Cups represents a man of emotional stability, a man who lives by honor--quiet, kind and trustworthy

Willia my lip, I snatched up the entire stack, suddenly overcos, I tucked the cards inside their bag and then stuffed it in ain for ood measure and take other decks with me to the Festival

It took iant cards the sa me