I'm Okay [Catherine Oneshot]

[googlefont="Fredericka the Great:400"]Catherine Spark

As the mayoral election came and went, I didn't come out on top, but I was okay with that. It turned out to be that the people voted for Diamond Nixton, and honestly, that may have been for the best. She is a strong yet kind-hearted woman who knows what she wants to do for the District. She'll do things for the greater good, like I did when I was in office. The thing is, I'm much too emotionally exhausted now to be as good at it all as I used to be.

When it really comes down to it, I needed to take some time away from the office to focus on my family. My children made it out of the reaping safely this year, but I still need to do absolutely everything in my power to keep them safe. I will care for them in every possible way, and protect them with every fiber of my being. After losing Bolts, Florence and Dusty, things have been quite a bit more difficult, but I'm determined not to lose any more of my children if it's within my power to stop it.

Things are starting to look up, despite losing the mayoral election. I'm able to spend more time with my children at home, and I have a loving boyfriend who I've been able to spend a lot of time with as well. He's great to the kids, too, and cares about them as much as he cares about his own children. I care about his children deeply as well. They're all very dear to me, just as my own are.

He has five kids of his own, most of which are within the limits of the reaping age, which can be rather scary to deal with whenever it's time for the reaping. Regardless, he's like me and will do anything he can to protect his children. We both have the overall goal of keeping everyone that we can safe, but we are both also aware that we can't save everyone, so we need to focus on ourselves and our loved ones as our top priorities.

I truly hope that things continue to work out between he and I. My husband has been gone for many years now, as he passed away when the kids were quite young, and as my children grow older and start to move on, moving out of the house and starting their own lives, I hope to still be able to have someone there with me, by my side. It's nice to have some sort of support with you. Being on your own can be tough, especially when you've experienced as much loss as I have in my lifetime. I just hope that things continue to look up as they have been recently.

I don't need to be the mayor of District Three to be happy with who I am and to live a happy life. I have my loved ones, and that's all that I need.

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