She looked at the pictures and her chest tightened painfully.
She envied them so much.
She felt embarrassed as jealousy and resentment rose in her soul like bile.
She knew that where she was now was the result of the choices she had made.
She had also been dealt bad cards.
Didn’t that matter? She wondered.
She sighed deeply, heavily.
She then resigned herself to acknowledge the voice in her weary soul.
She was the master of her destiny.
She saw the cup as either full or empty, no matter what life dished out to her.
She sighed again and steeled her heart.
She had made up her mind to enjoy her life bit by bit, no matter the cost.