I once believed we all have a choice in how our lives turned out. I thought I would grow up to be a doctor just like my mother prayed for me to be.

I thought my brother, Gage, would finish law school like he had planned.

I thought that if I went to that party last week my life would be ruined.

I thought staying up for countless hours studying for a test would pay off.

I thought saving my bestfriend from suicide meant I was going to have her around for many more years. But her death came sooner than expected.

I thought I would grow up and marry my boyfriend, Dustin Patterson. Just like my friend, Dustin's death slowly crept upon him. He was selfishly taken away from me. Just like everything I ever truly loved was snatched out from under me.

I imagined walking down the isle with my arm latched onto my father and my big, white dress dragging the ground. My eyes would be on Dustin as my brother embarrassingly sobbed over his little sister growing up. I thought I would live happily ever after. But life doesn't work that way. You don't get to choose how things go. No matter what we do or say differently we end up in the same place. A place we didn't choose. We don't choose.. We are chosen.

Author Note:

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