Not quite the end

Five years later, she has completely recovered from her previous injury. Not only has she released herself from the shackles of physical limits, she has also realised a few of her personal goals. Apart from working as an education officer, she goes to hospitals and hospices after office hours during weekdays to visit patients who have limitations like she used to. Walking in with high heels and a power suit, she represents to them the hope that each of them has to lead a normal life again. Having completed her Masters Degree, her new job gives her more flexibility with her working hours and a better pay than she used to command.

Weekends are the most precious to her. It is during these days that she is able to spend valuable time with her 2 darling children and loving husband. Having the twins wasn't an easy task, especially since she had barely recovered from her accident when they found out that she was expecting. The discovery that she was carrying twins was a happy surprise for twins ran in neither of their families. The pregnancy wasn't the easiest, but fortunately, her husband had been understanding, even when her food cravings were at their most unreasonable. The pregnancy was also tough since he had just embarked on the second part of his career and couldn't spend as much time with her as he would have wanted to. Luckily, they weren't financially dependent on his job as he had struck lottery just before his promotion.

Now, as she chased after chubby little Natasha with the latter's brightly coloured hat in her hand, she was laughing as she ran. They were at the beach, a favourite place of theirs on weekends for the children had plenty of space to run around there. The twins were also no stranger to sun, being almost as tanned as their parents. The beach holds a special place in their hearts, it was here that the children's mother almost lost her life and it was also where a new chapter of their parents' lives began.

Their wedding anniversary was next week. She smiled as she looked at her husband playing with the children. She had already prepared a present for him and hoped he would like it. It wasn't easy completing it behind his back but with her best friend's help, she had pulled it off. For their wedding, she had given him a cross-stitch of a little boy and little girl looking at a rainbow. For their anniversary, she was giving him a cross-stitch of a family of four. He should get the significance of it.

Gazing at her husband and her two children, she realised that her childhood dream had come true. She had her own family. A blissful family filled with joy and laughter. It was definitely not the end. Instead, it was a beginning. The beginning of yet another chapter of life she would walk, with him by her side...