A Journey Through Loss and Hope
READING AGE 16+
At seven, Amos’s world shatters when his father — larger than life, full of stories, and the one who nicknamed him “Amos the Parrot” — doesn’t come home. Too young to understand death, he waits by the window, clinging to his dad’s lessons about hope and resurrection. As confusion turns into a quiet ache, Amos learns his first harsh truth: life can change in an instant and doesn’t wait for you to be ready. It’s a lesson that will echo through the years of loss and setbacks still ahead of him.
Life can change in an instant and doesn’t wait for you to be ready
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It all started, I was seven years old when I first realized that life could change in an instant. That morning, I woke up buzzing with excitement. I had been counting the days to my school performance for weeks. I could see it all in my mind—my dad in the front row, clapping, smiling, maybe even laughing louder than anyone else. He had pr……
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