Willow Ann Lexington, District 10 cb [done]
Jul 13, 2017 9:59:17 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 9:59:17 GMT -5
Willow Ann Lexington
Thirty-Five
Female
District 10
Little blessings. She counts them on her hands every morning—one, her family; two, she can still walk, run, and see; three, there’s another day to come—just as sure and steady as she puts her two boots on her feet. While the stars melt away into the crimson dawn, she tends to all that needs tending. By sunrise, she’s double lapped the farm, taking stock of chores for the day. Willow Ann is no stranger to hard work, her mettle challenged by none other than her own shadow.
When her name was not called—unlike poor Nonnie—she embraced the life that awaited her. Where the sun shone down on her shoulders, she took strength. There was enough to be grateful for and more to hope for, if only people kept their eyes open. It was the little things, like a calf being born, or the quiet of a walk in the fresh winter’s snow, that taught Willow there’s no such thing as defeat. The world was not cruel; only people brought out the worst of what life had to offer.
So she took it as her duty to celebrate the mantra that there will always be sun, if not today, then tomorrow (or perhaps the day after). It meant teaching her kin what was truly important, and protecting little Briar and Joshua from as much as she could. Better still, she leant as much to her neighbors as she could, or to the house of orphans down the road. Willow could live with less if it meant others got just a little more.
