Authentically Broken

Chapter 4

(trigger warnings: grief, death, and all that goes with it)

Unrecognized Hope

The ocean air, the beauty of Block Island, a small town just off the coast of Rhode Island, and the heat of summer are things I had loved deeply before this day. As I boarded the ferry to the island I wasn’t so sure anymore. I was being driven by a mother’s desire to be close to…