Her eyes told me, "don't cry...."

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"I'm cold". She whispered as we sat silent on the porch outside of her house. I looked into the little girls eyes, and saw wonder, as she stared lovingly at the sky. I tried to smile, but the emotions I felt were just too much, and my lips wouldn't budge...Not even a twitch...I wanted to smile, but tears only flooded my eyes. She crawled into my lap, and put her little feet inside of my coat, and leaned against my chest. "We're watching for tornados" she whispered once more, as we stared blankly, into the blue and black sky... I nuzzled my face into her hair, as the tears threatened to fall from my eyes again... "I don't think there's going to be any tornados tonight, sweetie...It's not windy enough", I whispered in her ear... She turned her gaze to me, and smiled sweetly, as I tried to hide what was clouding my vision...I hated letting her see me that way...She had seen me that way, all too many times...Everyday... But as smart as she was, she realized I was crying, but didn't say a word...She didn't need to. She held her small hand to my face, and whiped away my falling tears, and her eyes told me, "don't cry". 2

I took a walk earlier that afternoon, and had time to gather my thoughts,...And by doing so, I tried to start living again...But every thought that came to mind, told me that I didn't deserve anything good. And so I sat, on the pond's edge, that sat in the middle of the Courthouse yard, and watched my tears fall, making little droplett noises in the water...I watched the fish swim around their small confinings, and realized, that I was much like them...I would never be able to have anything else...Other than this little world I had built around myself. 3

I was brought back to the situation at hand, snapped out of my thoughts, when I felt her lightly kiss my cheek...And for the first time that night, I was able to smile..."I love you" she whispered...And I only hoped she would remember that moment when she got older...It was almost time for her to go to bed, but something inside of me, just wouldn't let her go...I needed her...She was the only person that had ever shown me true love, as she did that night...Tonight....And with that simple gesture, she un-knowingly saved my life...Because now I know that I am needed here...She needs me...Just as I need her. She is my little Breanna...She is everything, that someone else has ever given me...She is my beautiful little neice...And knowing that she knows how to love, at such a young age,...Makes me feel all the more better...And makes me want to be here...To watch her grow, and someday walk down the isle, toward the love of her life...I need to be here...I need to be here for her...4

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