What will today bring?
Something is burning my eyelids. I open my eyes and look around. Where am I? Sea, sun and hot sand. A beach? What is all that noise?
How did I get here? Where are Mummy and Daddy? Where is Hope? The noise is getting louder and louder. I want to go home. I close my eyes and imagine.
It all came back to me. Broken houses. Broken people. Trying to swim, in the water, clinging on… a piece of wood. Mummy, Daddy? Hope?
What happened next? I can't remember. Who are these people? Why do I not understand them? A little girl gives me her teddy.
I am holding on to teddy. With both hands. I am looking around. And around. Where is my Mummy? Daddy? Hope? My eyes fill up, like the sea. They become the sea.
Where are we going? I am in a room with pictures. Happy pictures. Mountains of toys. Clothes. Food. Girls and boys with sad eyes.
Where are Mummy and Daddy? Hope? I still feel their warmth. But they are not here. I run out of the room.
I keep running and running. No familiar faces. None. People are crying, others laughing. "We made it," they shout.
I hold on to teddy. I hold on and look around. It is just me. Nobody I know.
Nobody. Suddenly a familiar voice reached my ear... I turned around. My eyes lit up.
I run. With teddy. It was Hope. My heart started beating again. She squeezes me hard and doesn't let go. We look out to the sea.
Hope shows me a picture. We just sit there. In silence. With teddy. It got dark and then light again. "What will today bring?" I ask Hope…
